Ophelia As A Reason For Hamlet's Madness
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Ophelia, in this tragedy many see her as just Hamlet’s lover, a character who is selfish in not helping Hamlet when in need, or just a psycho lover with a lot of problems. What if the story was twisted so that the play wasn’t a tragedy and actually turned into a love story due to Ophelia? Thi ....
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.... the truth about Claudius so that Ophelia would have a better understanding of where Hamlet is coming from. By recognizing this first, many problems in the original tragedy wouldn’t have taken place.
With Ophelia aware of the murderer, she takes matters into her own hands due to her love for Hamlet. Secretly she kills Claudius, but the cause for his death is unknown. Hamlet is the only person besides Ophelia who knows who the culprit is. This is kept a secret between the two and their love i ....
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