Look to 't, I charge you. ... Ophelia demonstrates her weakness as she is convinced by her father that Hamlet does not have good intentions, leaving her devastated and unable to find the courage to fight back. ... Not being able to be with the one she loves drives Ophelia to go mad especially because she knows the advice she is receiving is taking her in the wrong direction. ... This shows as Hamlet speaks to Ophelia, "Or, if thou wilt needs marry, marry a fool, for wise men know well enough what monsters you make of them. ... This play is a prime example of how women have outgrown t...

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• Grade Level: High School

Hamlet is smart and he knows he is constantly being watched. ... When her father asks her if she thinks Hamlet really loves her, she responds with: "I do not know, my lord, what I should think." ... Ophelia does not fight them and she, instead, "did repel his letters and denied his access" (II.ii.1476). ... Or if thou wilt needs marry, marry a fool, for wise men know well enough what monsters you make of them." ... Hamlet can not believe that a woman who clung to his father could so quickly run to the arms of her husband's brother. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

You still have to take into consideration the fact she got married to months after the death of the King. ... If the entire relationship was not based on sex, which we do not know, than why should Polonius have said anything at all. ... I do know, when the blood burns, how prodigal the soul lends the tongue of vows......."... With all his "I love you, I cannot believe you lied to me, I loved you" I am not surprised she died. ... After Gertrude dies of the poison I guess the best way to describe Hamlet's attitude toward his mother is you don't know what you lost until it is actually g...

• Word Count: 907
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• Grade Level: High School

You still have to take into consideration the fact she got married to months after the death of the King. ... If the entire relationship was not based on sex, which we do not know, than why should Polonius have said anything at all. ... I do know, when the blood burns, how prodigal the soul lends the tongue of vows......."... With all his "I love you, I cannot believe you lied to me, I loved you" I am not surprised she died. ... After Gertrude dies of the poison I guess the best way to describe Hamlet's attitude toward his mother is you don't know what you lost until it is actually g...

• Word Count: 948
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

But know, thou noble youth, The serpent that did sting thy father's life Now wears his crown. (I.V.36-40) The ghost tells Hamlet how he was really slain. ... However the insanity does not stop here. ... She mourns only the bare minimum before remarrying her brother-in-law. ... She mourns only the bare minimum before remarrying her brother-in-law. ...

• Word Count: 972
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School