... loves her, she responds with: "I do not know, my lord, what I should think." (I.iii.1465). She obeys the wishes of her father and brother to avoid Hamlet. Ophelia does not fight them and she, instead, "did repel his letters and denied his access" (II.ii.1476). When Ophelia approached Hamlet again ... He treats her poorly and labels her, and women in general, a "breeder of sinners" (III.i.1493). He tells her: "Get thee to a nunnery, farewell. Or if thou wilt needs marry, marry a fool, for wise men know well enough what monsters you make of them." (III.i.1494). Hamlet ... symbol of womanh...

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