Without knowing that Hamlet's love for Ophelia is true, Polonius orders his daughter Ophelia to no longer be involved with Prince Hamlet in act 1, scene 3. ... Polonius concludes that, because of Ophelia's rejection, Hamlet had gone mad. ... Both Laertes and Polonius think Hamlet is using Ophelia. ... Hamlet used Ophelia but, unlike Polonius he loved her. ... Hamlet loved her very much but his love for her, during the time he was finding out who killed his father, was not as strongly shown. ...

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Hamlet's Loneliness Shakespeare's work "Hamlet" focuses on several general themes that run throughout literature. ... In Hamlet most of the suffering and loneliness Hamlet endures is brought with the secrets and betrayals he is forced to keep. ... Hamlet learns rather quickly who is loyal to him and whom not to trust. ... (III; iv; 11) " A bloody deed-almost as bad, good mother, As kill a king, and marry with his brother. ... The final blow for Ophelia's heart comes when Hamlet kills Polonius by mistaking him for Claudius. ...

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Hamlet - Act IV 1. ... After her encounter with Hamlet which ends with Polonius' death, Gertrude does not hesitate to tell King Claudius what her son has done, yet she does keep her word by not telling him that Hamlet has just merely been faking madness. ... On the other, the Queen could have interpreted her son's rash actions against her, sighting of the ghost, and murder of Polonius as Hamlet being insane. 2. ... Hamlet must be completely certain of who killed his father, he thinks before he acts while Laertes acts on impulse and seeks immediate gratification. Hamlet - Act V 1. ...

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Ophelia's excellence is the reason Hamlet first felt affection for her, the reason her father, Polonius, had the capacity control her sentiments to Hamlet. Her father needed this control over her adoration either for headway inside the court through picking up the support of the lord, or, if one were to think all the more hopefully, maybe Polonius' objective was just to ensure her from Hamlet who, he accepted, did not positively love Ophelia as she cherished him. Notwithstanding, one is given clues as to Hamlet's actual sentiments when Polonius peruses the adoration letter from...

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Hamlet certainly feels this way throughout Hamlet by William Shakespeare but in his case his turmoil lasts longer than a week. ... Hamlet's mission then becomes avenging his father's death. In the process of fulfilling his new mission Hamlet kills his girlfriend's father, Polonius, and drives himself and Ophelia further into madness. ... At this point in the show Ophelia is conversing with her father Polonius when her father calls her a "green girl.... Instead of trying to stick up for herself and her relationship with Hamlet she's obedient and agrees to break it off e...

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This society takes place in Denmark, where King Claudius the brother of Senior Hamlet rules the land along side Queen Gertrude, the mother of hamlet and ex wife of Senior Hamlet. ... Ophelia, the daughter of Polonius and sister of Laertes is an innocent and quiet girl who relies on the men in her life. ... Polonius orders Ophelia to stay clear of Hamlet regardless of the love she has for him. ... With this, her madness worsens as Polonius dies leaving her to feel helpless. As a result, since she is so weak she kills herself where Gertrude describes it, When down her weedy trophies and hersel...

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However this could be due to the fact that Gertrude is, more than any other character in the play, the antithesis of her son, Hamlet. ... Nonetheless, whether Gertrude lacks the Familial love Hamlet craves, or was too self involved to give it; it has a negative effect on Hamlet as it causes his passionate hatred for the new King. ... The theme of incestuous love is a negative force present in both "Hamlet" and "Sons & Lovers"; not just between Gertrude and Hamlet (mother and son), but it also is present in Act One, Scene Three. ... This presentation of incestuous love is slightly different in...

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That tells me that she killed herself. ... Thirdly, there is Hamlet. Ophelia is the daughter of Polonius. ... Later, we meet Ophelia and she is frightened by Hamlet's actions. ... If she did kill herself that is. ...

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