Hamlet says he loves Ophelia and then he says he doesn't. Read the scenes where Hamlet and Ophelia's relationship is mentioned. (1.3, 2.1, 3.1, 3.2, and 5.1). Then consider if Hamlet ever mentions Ophelia when she is not around. Does he ever refer to her in any soliloquy? Does he mention her after her funeral? So, does he love her? What do you think? Cite act, scene, and line number to support your theory.

 

Answer:

1. Hamlet professed his for Ophelia when he tells her, "I did love you" (III.i.125) and later on denied his love on her could be a deceptionsince Hamlet is aware that their conversation is being monitored and watched by Polonius. And this was supported in the following: When Hamlet asked for a confirmation the whereabouts of Ophelia's Father and Hamlet replies with: "Let the doors be shut upon him that he may play the fool nowhere but in 's own house" (III.i.143-44).

2. When Hamlet tells Ophelia to go to the Nunnery."Get thee to a nunnery," Hamlet starts talking about breeding and how it would be bad to bring a child into such an evil world (III.i131).

3. When, at Ophelia's grave, he declared,I loved Ophelia; forty thousand brothers,Could not, with all their quantity of love,Make up my sum, and tells Laertes, "Be buried quick with her, and so will I" (V.i.296).

4. Hamlet's letter for Ophelia. One line Hamlet writes her is "never doubt I love" (II.ii.127).In the letter, Hamlet says "Doubt thou the stars are fire,/ Doubt that the sun doth move,/ Doubt truth to be a liar,/ But never doubt I love" (2.2. 116-119). ...

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https://www.teenink.com/college_guide/college_essays/article/34306/Does-Hamlet-Really-Love-Ophelia

http://www.shakespeare-online.com/plays/hamlet/hamletsloveophelia.html

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