SARAH: Gertrude uses the word 'weed' twice in three lines. First, Ophelia is climbing some branches to hang her "coronet weeds" — a little crown or wreath made from weeds. In Shakespeare's time weed was used more specifically to refer to plants growing in or along a river.

RALPH: Ophelia then falls down with her "weedy trophies". Weeds was also the name for the black attire worn by a woman in mourning.

SARAH: Her weedy trophies, therefore, are what she's carrying — garlands made from weeds — but they're also her clothing, her mourning attire for both her father, and sadly, for herself.