Did Hamlet Really Love Ophelia

During Act III, scene 1, when Ophelia is returning all of her old letters to Hamlet, he becomes furious and sends insults back at her. Hamlet tells Ophelia that she should not of believe that he loved her because humans are all naturally rotten at the core. Hamlet says to Ophelia, “You should not have believed me, for virtue cannot so (inoculate) our old stock but we shall relish of it. I loved you not” (III. 1, 127-129). In this scene Hamlet expresses false feelings only to upset Ophelia. By telling her that all humans have a naturally horrible nature, no matter how hard they try to be virtuous, he gets her to admit that she was deceived, thus proving her weak mental state. Due to Ophelia’s weakness and the fact that she lets people walk all over her, Hamlet is also able to tell Ophelia that he never really loved her. These comments made by Hamlet cause Ophelia to become upset proving the feminine stereotype of weakness. Due to the fact that Ophelia listens to Hamlet’s opinion in which he says that he never loved her, Ophelia does not get angry at him, showing that she is indecisive over how she feels about

The story of Hamlet is a morbid tale of tragedy, commitment, and manipulation; this is especially evident within the character of Ophelia. Throughout the play, Ophelia is torn between obeying and following the different commitments that she has to men in her life. She is constantly torn between the choice of obeying the decisions and wishes of her family or that of Hamlet. She is a constant subject of manipulation and brain washing from both her father and brother. Ophelia is not only subject to the torture of others using her for their intentions but she is also susceptible to abuse from Hamlet. Both her father and her brother believe that Hamlet is using her to achieve his own personal goals.

The play Hamlet, by William Shakespeare, looks at the issue of madness and how it effects the characters of the play. Madness can be looked at from very different perspectives, such as strong and uncontrollable emotions, a person’s desires, and also a persons mental stability. Throughout the play, the audience is questioning the sanity of the main character, Hamlet, as he goes on his quest for revenge. The people around him also show signs of madness, such as Ophelia and Claudius, but in different forms. Existentialist philosopher Friedrich Nietzche says, “There is always some madness in love. But there is also some reason in madness.” What Nietzche is saying is that when you are in love with someone or something, there is always a little

Hamlet was deeply in love with the recently departed fair Ophelia, daughter of Polonious, who also sadly is not with us. He loved her much more than he expressed, and it is unfortunate that his inability to express his love for her could have been part of her downfall. Although he treated her scornfully and rudely I know that he loved her more than anyone could imagine. Hamlet, I remember, at the dear Ophelia’s funeral, you told the whole world of your love. “I loved Ophelia. 40 thousand brothers could not, with all their quantity of love make up my sum,” you said. I cannot help but think that if you had expressed your love for the fair maiden, both her and quite possibly you would still be with us today. He loved his mother, Queen Gertrude. Although he held her in disdain for her hasty marriage to Claudius, who he despised, he still loved her with all his heart

Hamlet’s relationship with Ophelia suddenly becomes complicated, after Hamlet’s encounter with the Ghost. It all starts when Hamlet first appears in Ophelia’s chamber pale and dishevelled, after receiving news from the Ghost that King Claudius had poured poison into his ear, and it was Hamlet’s duty to avenge the death of his father. Hamlet’s condition frightens Ophelia, as she runs off to tell Polonius about the encounter;” My lord, as I was sewing in my closet/ Lord Hamlet, with his doublet all unbraced/… speak of horrors—he comes before me” (2.1 87-94). Hamlet may express that he does not love Ophelia anymore, but his ill treatment towards her comes at the price of testing her loyalties towards him or her father Polonius, who is the eyes and ears of Claudius. As Ophelia runs off to Polonius, it is clear to Hamlet that he cannot trust Ophelia with such a deadly task at his hands. Behind all this phony madness, it breaks Hamlet’s heart to jeopardize his relationship with Ophelia for his own motivations, but it is an intricate decision he has to make. This is again evident in Act 3, scene 1, when Hamlet instructs Ophelia; “To a nunnery, go, and/ Quickly too. Farewell” (3.1 151-152). The only reason Hamlet would utter such bitter words to Ophelia, is because he trusts Ophelia will be kept safer there than anywhere near the kingdom. In doing so, Hamlet proves that he still cares for Ophelia and what they had, but he cannot manage their relationship at the same time getting revenge, because he’s too caught up in pursuing his own motives. Eventually, as Ophelia goes mad and dies,

Throughout the entire play, Hamlet’s love for Ophelia is questioned. What Hamlet is really doing is trying to throw off the other characters and make it seem like he does not love Ophelia, even though he really does. Hamlet did not want Ophelia to become involved in case Claudius decided to get revenge on Hamlet. Hamlet shows his love for Ophelia when he confesses to her that he loves her, when he tells her to go to a nunnery to protect her, when he sends her the letter, and when he finds out that she has died. Although many could argue that Hamlet never loved Ophelia, he was just trying to throw everyone else off. There is a great deal of evidence proving that his love was

His reason, however, is to end the threat of his own life. Once the king and queen realize this remedy they quickly act to use it by persuading Ophelia to talk to Hamlet. In this Scene, true madness comes into play. Once Ophelia meets Hamlet and speaks with him Hamlet realizes that his mother and stepfather are aware of this love and might use this to end his threat. Hamlet must end their thoughts of using Ophelia to rid him of his condition. To do this he must destroy all the current feelings Ophelia has for him and he does so very well, perhaps too well.

His inconsistent treating of Ophelia eventually drives her to insanity. The actual recognition of his love for Ophelia can only come when Hamlet realizes that she is dead, and free from her tainted womanly trappings “I lov’d Ophelia”. This is without doubt one of the most villainous qualities of Hamlet.

Throughout the play, Hamlet and Ophelia have a very strong love connection. They loved each other and wanted to eventually get married. Hamlet and Ophelia hit some bumps in the road in their relationship but they always secretly wanted to be together. In Act 1, Scene 3, It was hard for Ophelia to comprehend when Polonius told her that he thought Hamlet's love for her wasn’t real, but she didn’t know what to believe. When Hamlet could no longer see Ophelia he began to get mad a frustrated, to add on also that he was going crazy over his own father's death.

Did Hamlet truly love Ophelia? In William Shakespeare’s Hamlet, did not truly love Ophelia. I believe if you truly love someone you wouldn’t mistreat them in any type of way. Even if times get tough for you. People use and abused the word “ Love” for the expression of different types of feelings.

   In Hamlet, we are introduced to the complexities of a man who is struggling to murder his uncle while trying to understand his mother's motives. His inner turmoil has left him emotionally unavailable and completely disenchanted with humanity in general.

In The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, the theme of love is expressed through many characters and relationships within the play. One way it is expressed is as tragic love. Tragic love is expressed in King Hamlet and Gertrude. It is tragic love because their relationship together was very short lived due to the temper of King Hamlets’ brother, Claudius. Another way that tragic love is expressed is through the relationship of Prince Hamlet and Ophelia. That is exemplified as tragic love because Hamlet deeply loves Ophelia, but Ophelia’s father Polonis doesn’t care for Hamlet and doesn’t was his daughter to pursue him because he thinks that Hamlet will just hurt her and since Hamlet is the Prince of Denmark, Ophelia doesn’t have the social standing to be good enough as the potential queen since she is just a daughter of a courtier and Polonis doesn’t want his daughter hurt. This is also expressed as a tragic love because they cannot end up together because while Hamlet is away in England Ophelia drowns, but hamlet doesn’t find out until he comes back and is spying on her funeral. The theme of tragic love can also be expressed with Laertes and Ophelia, since Laertes is Ophelia’s brother he wants to protect her and at Ophelia’s funeral Laertes asked the doctor “Must there no more be done?” and the doctor basically says we can’t do anything else sine she took her own life, but Laertes wants anything and everything possible done to give her what he thinks she deserves and he knows that deserves more than that since he refers to her as a “minist’ring angel…”. The theme can also be expressed through the Gertrude and Ophelia, since at

The article, “The Psychoanalytic Hamlet,” by Ernest Jones, describes the deep routed, psychological conflict young Hamlet has struggled with from a very young age. It illustrates the emotional imbalance between a young Hamlet and his mother and how the residual effects of this disparity are carried over into Hamlet’s adulthood. Jones explains that how Hamlet’s infantile perception of his mother’s self-serving, disingenuousness love and Ophelia’s sudden and deliberate refusal of Hamlet’s affection, is, though deeply disturbing, exactly what Hamlet has learned to expect from women. However, rather than confronting his mother, Hamlet seizes the opportunity to vent years of pent-up anger and sexual frustration on Ophelia. His abusive fit leaves Ophelia distraught. Though aware enough to recognize Hamlet’s extreme reaction does not suite her supposed betrayal; she is unaware, as his friends Guildenstern and Rosencrantz, who also face his wrath, that Hamlet’s aggravation is tragically being misdirected. For which Jones

In William Shakespeare's play “Hamlet”, throughout the whole play Hamlet’s love for ophelia is completely confusing and is very much questioned. Even though there is evidence in the text that Hamlet did not ever love Ophelia and that he's just manipulating her, there is also more evidence that he does. By the way Hamlet acts around Ophelia when they are alone, it is evident that he loves her and he shows his true feelings. In the play, he does many things to would make the reader think that he really does Ophelia like writing a letter and professes his love for her at her grave sight when she about to be buried but her also does things that make us wonder if he is also being fake and the love he has for her is false.

At the beginning of the play, the audiencel first starts to get a sense that the relationship Hamlet and Ophelia have is something more than just a friendship and some deeper emotions are present. But, saying that we also can start to see that this deeper emotion isn't something that will be accepted in the eyes of Polonius, Ophelia's father and Claudius, Hamlet’s uncle. This deeper emotion can be confirmed when Hamlet says “never doubt I love” (II.ii.127) in the love letter