We have seen Hamlet develop loathing for his mother for the sins she has committed and the devious acts she has executed: “[she] makes marriage vows as false as dicers’ oaths ... You cannot call it love, for at your age the heyday in the blood is tame” (3 • 4 • 44 - 69). Unfortunately, this loathing is also aimed towards women in general. It is the raging ideals that are responsible for his terrible treatment of dear, innocent Ophelia in Act 3.
It is in Act III Scene i where the contemplation of Hamlet’s love for Ophelia is found. Preceding his visit to her, Hamlet states in a soliloquy his famous “to be or not to be” speech in which he considers committing suicide. By this point, his purpose for revenge h
Example Essays Home
