1. Analysis of madness in Hamlet
... by saying "I did love you once" and then "I loved you not" a moment later (3. 1. 115-119). She really believes something is seriously wrong with Hamlet, and that his "noble mind is here o"er thrown" (3. 1. 153). After Hamlet kills her father, Ophelia really loses touch with reality. She wanders around singing about love and death. The king talks to the queen, and blames her condition ... on " First, her father slain; / Next, your son gone," (4. 5. 79-80), but this is just the beginning. Ophelia drowns, and it is unclear whether it was an accident or suicide. This is the last straw that ...
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- Grade Level: High School