After Polonius’ death Ophelia turns to singing to portray her madness. She sings about her relationship with Hamlet as well as the one with her father. Ophelia croons about Polonius, “He is dead and gone, lady, he is dead and gone; at his head a grass-green turf, at his heels a stone” (IV:v:34-37). Her father has always given her orders to follow, she does not know how to act alone. She says her father is, “white his shroud as the mountain snow” (IV:v:41). Her father told her to deny Hamlet’s love, and she followed his orders. Now she does not know how to behave, since she has no one telling her what to do. Ophelia has a deep love for Hamlet. Through her songs she reveals that she had a sexual relationship with him and sings about his naked body. She also thinks Hamlet left her because she does not know he is being sent to England by Claudius. Ophelia sings about Hamlet, “Then up he rose and donned his clothes and dupped the chamber door, let in the maid, that out a maid never departed more” (IV:v:57-60). She is upset to have lost another man in her life she cares about.
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Polonius’ demands his daughter to break up with Hamlet to show she is the cause of his madness and they cannot marry because of Hamlet’s class. Ophelia gets very defensive when Polonius tries to give her advice on her relationship with Hamlet. She tells her father, “He hath, my lord, of late made many tenders of his affection to me” (I:iii:108-109). During Hamlet’s madness he yells at Ophelia for being a slut, saying, “Get thee to a nunnery” (III:i:131). Hamlet’s love for Ophelia is true, he acts cold and cruel to her because he knows they are being spied on. Hamlet also writes love letters to her, which she later returns. Hamlet’s love for her can raise many questions because of his fake madness, but she was a significant person to him. He says to her, “I did love you once”
Polonius’ demands his daughter to break up with Hamlet to show she is the cause of his madness and they cannot marry because of Hamlet’s class. Ophelia gets very defensive when Polonius tries to give her advice on her relationship with Hamlet. She tells her father, “He hath, my lord, of late made many tenders of his affection to me” (I:iii:108-109). During Hamlet’s madness he yells at Ophelia for being a slut, saying, “Get thee to a nunnery” (III:i:131). Hamlet’s love for Ophelia is true, he acts cold and cruel to her because he knows they are being spied on. Hamlet also writes love letters to her, which she later returns. Hamlet’s love for her can raise many questions because of his fake madness, but she was a significant person to him. He says to her, “I did love you once”