Does Hamlet Love Ophelia

I n the beginning of the tragedy Hamlet by William Shakespeare, Ophelia has devoted her love to the Prince of Denmark. ... When Ophelia's father ask about Hamlet she tells him the Hamlet has made many offers of his affection, she describes his love as honorable. ... Ophelia stops talking to Hamlet to obey her father but yet she does give into Hamlet's games when he asks her if he could lay his head in her lap... She is always questioning her love for Hamlet and his love for her. ... This illustrates how Ophelia wants Hamlet to be her Valentine and just shows how much she loves him...

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When her father asks her if she thinks Hamlet really loves her, she responds with: "I do not know, my lord, what I should think." ... Ophelia's death reminds Hamlet of how much he loves her. ... Hamlet doesn't immediately decide that he no longer loves Ophelia. ... Hamlet's love for Ophelia changes and goes full circle; he loves her, he doubts it, he claims that he doesn't love her, and he realizes that he really does. Hamlet's love for Ophelia, whether he believed it or not, was constant. ...

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Hamlet loses his father as a result of a horrible murder, as does Ophelia. ... Critics argue that Hamlet has the first reason to be hurt by Ophelia because she follows her father's admonitions regarding Hamlet's true intentions for their beginning love. ... She is undeniably caught in a trap that has been layed, in part, but her lover whom she does love and idealize. ... Throughout the entire murder scene in Act 3, Scene 4, Hamlet does not remark about the damage he has done to Ophelia. ... Hamlet and Ophelia are confronted with the "irretrievable loss of a love object,...

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In William Shakespeare's "Hamlet," the title character's love for Ophelia comes into question. ... In this essay I will demonstrate that Hamlet's feelings for Ophelia are true and he loves her. ... Hamlet being discreet and personal time and time again reassures Ophelia of his love for her. ... Aware that they are being watched and plotting against them, Hamlet does everything to convince the reader that he is not in love with Ophelia which only demonstrates the immense love and desire to protect their relationship. Hamlet is a master of disguise and does everything to convince ...

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Throughout the play, Hamlet tries to show his love for Ophelia. It is hard because the family of Ophelia does not approve of Hamlet. Ophelia's dad, Polonius, strongly dislikes Hamlet and does not want his daughter to have anything to do with him. Hamlet loves Ophelia but de does not know how to express himself. ... Ophelia then kills herself because she loves Hamlet and cannot be with him. ...

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So indeed, Hamlet did love Ophelia, and evidence is also in the play that she did love the prince. When Laertes tells Ophelia to beware of Hamlet's love, she does not deny her love for Hamlet but responds that yes she will be careful. ... When Ophelia sings that sing in her mentally disturbed state she is revealing the nature of her relationship to Hamlet and his promises of love. ... We do not feel bad when Hamlet exacts his revenge or chastises the other that be tray him, so why do we blame him when he chastises Ophelia as a result of her betrayal. ... Ultimately, I do believe that Ha...

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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. ... I interpreted Hamlet as losing his temper because he has been feigning insanity and I think he continued to do so with Ophelia in this scene. ... When Ophelia attempts to return Hamlet's letters, he denies them by saying, "No, not I. ... I do not think that he really did not love her. ... Ophelia answers that he is at home and Hamlet's response can support both interpretations of the question. ...

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Notwithstanding, one is given clues as to Hamlet's actual sentiments when Polonius peruses the adoration letter from Hamlet to Ophelia. ... Ophelia is unable to tell Hamlet of her love because of her father's prohibition seen in Scene 3 of Act 1, "These blazes, daughter, Giving more light than heat, extinct in both Even in their promise, as it is a-making, You must not take for fire.... This is seen in Act 3 when Ophelia says, "'Tis brief, my lord" and Hamlet replies with "As woman's love.... At the point when Ophelia at long last does go to pieces and ...

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" When asked what she thinks about her feelings towards Hamlet, Ophelia responds, "I do not know, my Lord, what I should think.... Ophelia is also being naive during her exchange with Hamlet regarding his changing romantic feelings towards her. He first tells that he loves her, but then says he does not love her. ... Another character trait shown throughout Hamlet is Ophelia's obedience. She does whatever her father and brother tell her to do and is eventually even used by her father for being so obedient. ...

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• Grade Level: High School