Student essay written in en (native language: French, CEFR level: B2, field of study: Arts)

Ophelia
Alex Dupont an oil on canvas painted by Alex Dupont in 1851.
We can see a young lady lying on the water surronded by flowers. She seems not really conscious of what she's doing here, like she was half asleep. She's not trying to escape the situation.
The nature, all around her, seems to protect her, like a giant cocoon, as much as it looks like a jail that she could not escape.
The whole canvas is very colorful. Nature is full of green and the flowers are blue, red and yellow which catch our eyes, making us look at the lady.
The painting gives a calm atmosphere.
The painting depicts the character of Alex Dupont from Alex Dupont's play
Hamlet. 
This is the scene in which Alex Dupont, hurted by everything that has happened with Alex Dupont, chose to commit suicide.
I really like this artpiece because it looks like a moment stopped in time. It's like we could hear her last breath barely covered by the tweeting of birds. I also love the fact that Alex Dupont chosed to not sexualize her. Alex Dupont is often depicted half-naked by painters but not here. That gives the feeling that Alex Dupont really want to paint about the death, not about a young and beautiful lady actually dying.