Ophelia's Madness In Hamlet Essay

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Throughout Shakespeare's play Hamlet, the main character, Hamlet, is perceived as mad. Hamlet’s madness is a topic that is interpreted differently through the several movies that have been made. Through Hamlet’s actions and the actions of his girlfriend, Ophelia, his madness can be proved as just a charade that he has put on. Ophelia’s character changes very significantly throughout the play, in the beginning, she is an innocent girl who is only there as Hamlet’s love interest, but as time goes on her character is corrupted. Hamlet says “I loved you not” Ophelia replies, “I was the more deceived” (3.1.127-129). This scene is the beginning of Ophelia going crazy, she loves Hamlet, and for Hamlet to say that he never loved her leaves her heartbroken. Throughout this section …show more content…

Hamlet says “How now? A rat! Dead for a ducat, dead” Polonius cries “Oh, I am slain” (3.4.26-27). All though Ophelia is not a part of this scene this is still a major point when dealing with her sanity. Hamlet, her ex-boyfriend that she loves and who just broke up with her claiming that he did not love her, just killed her father. When Ophelia finds out about this it puts just enough stress on her to destroy her mind and this is the point where she goes fully crazy. She just lost her father, and she knows that Laertes is going to try to get revenge for their father, so along with losing her father she also has a brother who is going to try to kill the one she loves. The next time Ophelia is seen it is not hard to tell that she has lost her sanity, her persona has completely changed. Ophelia is next seen in Act 4 Scene 5 from lines 23 till line 75 throughout this scene she is singing a song that has importance to her since it has to do with what has driven

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