To What Extent Does Hamlet Really Love Ophelia

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He loves me, He loves me not Hamlet is without a doubt, one of the most twisted and haunting plays William Shakespeare has ever written. The story is filled with many uncertainties and different issues that underlie within the plot. By the end of the story, the reader is left with many questions and is very confused about the honest feelings that Prince Hamlet may have had. One question in particular and also one of the most asked questions that one may be repeat throughout the play is does Prince Hamlet ever truly love Ophelia? Although there is an abundant amount of evidence arguing The Prince of Denmark never truly loved her and was just using her as a pawn in his chess game, there is more evidence refuting this argument. Many will have a…show more content…
In the play there are many encounters between the two that can support this idea especially in Act 3, Scene 2, and also at Ophelia’s burial in Scene 1 of Act 5. Hamlets declared his love for Ophelia first when we said “He hath, my lord, of late made many tenders of his affection to me.”(1.3.45). At this point of the play you had never seen them together and Hamlet seemed withdrawn. This distance may have been provoked from the father and brother of Polonius who are overly protective of her. Ophelia later in act one confirms that Hamlets love for her is true when she says, “with almost all the holy vows of heaven” (1.3.123). Ophelia’s statement allows the reader to later understand the relationship between the two before everything spiraled out of control. Also Hamlet uttered the

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