I decided, along with Carol, to perform Act III, Scene I, from Hamlet, when Ophelia obeys her father and tests Hamlet's love for her by returning his remembrances. ... Our scene starts after the end of Hamlet's "To be or not to be" soliloquy when he makes the aside, "The fair Ophelia!" ... When Ophelia attempts to return Hamlet's letters, he denies them by saying, "No, not I. ... The last line of this section, "Where is your father", could be translated as him asking where the keeper or guardian of her chastity is. ... Ophelia answers that he is at home and Hamlet's resp...

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He does love Laertes, but fears what Laertes may do to his name. ... He becomes infuriated with the idea of Ophelia and Hamlet spending time together. ... He forbids Ophelia to see Hamlet because he fears that her actions may render him a fool. ... Polonius senses that Hamlet is mad and believes it is because of his love for Ophelia. ... The king is approached by Polonius to spy on Hamlet and Ophelia. ...

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Hamlets love for Ophelia is another tragic point of the play. ... "Frailty, thy name is woman!"... Throughout the rest of the play, its hard to say whether Hamlet still loves Ophelia or whether this love has turned into bitter feelings. ... The last tragedy in the play is his own death, as well as most of the other main characters in the play, all at once. This last scene sums up all the reasons that Hamlet is a tragedy. ...

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Up until that point, Hamlet has fallen in love with Ophelia, but Ophelia has been told to dodge all of his affections. ... Later on in the play, once Ophelia has drowned after the death of Polonius, Hamlet regrets what he's said and done to Ophelia. As he fights with Laertes at Ophelia's funeral, Hamlet shouts out, "I loved Ophelia. ... Hamlet won't ever be able to change the last days of his and Ophelia's relationship; it's something he'll have to live with. ... But now, towards the end, he takes full responsibility and doesn't try to clear his name. ...

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He thinks Ophelia is a fool for believing in Hamlet's professions of love. ... Polonius is mainly paranoid with his daughter ruining the family name by sleeping with Hamlet. ... Long stayed he so; At last, a little shaking of mine arm, And thrice his head thus waving up and down, He raised a sigh so piteous and profound As it did seem to shatter all his bulk, And end his being. ... Not only is Ophelia used by Hamlet in his scheme, but by Polonius and Claudius together. ... She becomes an ornament through which Claudius attempts to spy on Hamlet by seeing how Hamlet interacts with Opheli...

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Hamlet, Laertes, and Ophelia are all loyal children who exhibit varying degrees of madness after their fathers" untimely deaths. ... Hamlet meets with Ophelia, acting very strangely, so she goes and tells her father, Polonius, then he goes to the king claiming Hamlet is lovesick. ... After Hamlet kills her father, Ophelia really loses touch with reality. ... This is the last straw that pushes her faithful brother Laertes to consider murder. ... Horatio, what a wounded name, Things standing thus unknown, shall live behind me. ...

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Hamlets first obstacle when he gets back is finding out that Ophelia has died. His only true love is dead , which is seen when Hamlet says," I loved Ophelia. ... How ever, Hamlet was smart and changed the name to While being in England Hamlet finds out what the king really wanted to do with , he wanted him to be executed. Hamlet was smart and changed the names to Rosencrantz and Guildenstern . ... Hagar and Hamlet have completed their journeys successfully , understanding their purpose at last and died peacefully. ...

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