Why Shakespeare's Hamlet Doesn T Love Ophelia

Hamlet does love Ophelia because he confesses his love to her in private, he writes a letter to her saying so, and when he found out that she had died he confessed his love for her again.

Hamlet really does love Ophelia because when they were speaking in private he told her “I did love you once” (III.i.115.). Most would argue that he doesn’t love Ophelia because in his next line he contradicts himself and says that he doesn’t love her. This is just a ploy, Hamlet knows that Polonius and Claudius is spying on them and he wants to appear mad to them. When Ophelia and Hamlet first spoke together in this scene he was appearing mad because she was giving back remembrances that he gave her and he was acting like he never gave it to her (III.i.93-96.). Then Hamlet asked her if she was honest and fair (III.i.103-105.). This leads the audience/readers to believe that Hamlet was appearing mad because he knew Polonius and Claudius was spying on them. It is probable to believe that Hamlet thinks Ophelia is cheating on him. That could be the reason why he said he did love her once. At the beginning of the play, Polonius told Ophelia to not talk to Hamlet so much and spend less time with him (I.iii.120-123). Presently in Act, three Hamlet

Hamlet said that he loved Ophelia and forty thousand brothers could not with their quantity of love makeup his sum (V.i.271-273). He also questions Laertes, he asks,”...show me what thou’t do. Woo’t weep? Woo’t fight?...Eat a crocodile? I’ll do’t” (V.i.276-286.). Hamlet was saying that he would do anything for Ophelia, he would even be buried with her (V.i.281.). Hamlet has no reason to say all those things about Ophelia now that she is dead. When he first found out that Ophelia had died that’s when he said all these things, there was no time for him to think about it and appear mad. The audience/readers is able to see the real Hamlet in this