1. Act. I, Scene II: Hamlet's Soliloquy
In the beginning, Hamlet and Ophelia's relationship seems like an ordinary dating couples"; Hamlet makes "many tenders of his affection" on her, as well as "importuning [her] with love in an honorable fashion" and making "almost all the holy vows of heaven." (1.3) However, Ophelia is then frankly told by both her father and brother, whom she dearly loves, that Hamlet does not actually love her, that she is not good enough for him, and his only purpose in wooing her is to steal away her pure, precious virginity. ... Hamlet then comes to her one night, perhaps mad ...
Polonius accuses "[Ophelia] [speaking] like a green girl, unsifted in such perilous circumstance"(1.3.101-102) and makes her "think [of herself as] a baby that [she] have ta'en these tenders for true pay, which are not sterling"(1.3.105-107). ... As Hamlet presents himself in " thy nighted color"(1.2.68) to the meeting of councils, Claudius, as Hamlet's recent stepfather, believes that such grief "tis a fault to heaven, a fault against the dead, a fault to nature"(1.2.102-103). ...
Polonius accuses "[Ophelia] [speaking] like a green girl, unsifted in such perilous circumstance" (1.3.101-102) and makes her "think [of herself as] a baby that [she] have ta'en these tenders for true pay, which are not sterling"(1.3.105-107). ... As Hamlet presents himself in " thy nighted color" (1.2.68) to the meeting of councils, Claudius, as Hamlet's recent stepfather, believes that such grief "tis a fault to heaven, a fault against the dead, a fault to nature" (1.2.102-103). ...