in hamlet, i can't ignore the agony of ophelia.e the tragedies unfolding around us every day. in indian society, there are limitations. but there is liberation too. i'm hopeful for an ophelia who doesn't drown in the river, but swims strongly to the other side. oh, woe is me to have seen what i have seen. see what i see. sha kespeare's plays may be written in words, but in a moment, we'll hear how it was the imagery and themes that chimed with a dance group during the lebanon civil war. next, though, it is the qualities of his language that enable a deaf musician to hear. chimes your tales, sir, would cure deafness. when it comes to the works of william shakespeare, ifind myself seeing his tales through sounds. it's a subject close to my heart, as i am a musician whojust happens to be profoundly deaf. when i read the tempest, the words positively shout sound to me. shakespeare entices us into the play using sound to colour his characters. waves crash the play is a vibrant mix of noises and sounds of the land and sea and wind and su