Hamlet: The Cause Of Ophelia's Insanity
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Shakespeare, through his intricate uses of symbolism and dramatic
irony, arranges a brilliantly detailed account of how Hamlet's mental
upheaval served as the driving force of Ophelia's swelling insanity and
imminent suicide. He floods the early acts with an impending sense of
confusion within ....
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play, aiding in the preparation for her subsequent mental deterioration.
Pol.
What is between you? Give me up the truth.
Oph.
He hath, ny lord, of late made many tenders
Of his affection to me.
Pol.
Affection, puh! You speak like a green girl
Unsifted in such perilous circumstance.
Do you believe his "tenders" as you call them?
Oph.
I do not know, my lord, what I should think.
(I, iii, ln.107-113)
Ophelia openly professes her confusion. Polonius' response is p ....
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