In Hamlet by William Shakespeare Shakespeare often ties his characters in complex Relationships that can be interpreted in a plethora of ways. The complex relationship between Hamlet and Ophelia is the epitome of how Shakespeare uses complex relationships in his works of literature because It is never blatantly revealed the status of their relationship and must be built off pure inferences thus leading it to be interpreted in many different ways.
Toward the beginning of the play hamlet's plan was exactly as he wished it to be. Ophelia was questioning all that happened beforehand and it was able to convince the potential wanderer. During the first part of the play, Hamlet made is seem that he was simply in love with Ophelia, but in the middle of the play, he eventually saw it as an appearance of none but a madman, and near the end Hamlet states"I loved Ophelia. Forty thousand brothers, if you added all their love together, couldn't match mine" (5.1.285-287) . On the other side of the spectrum, Ophelia Seemed to be madly in love with hamlet and could’ve influenced hamlet if it were not for her ties with her brother and father. …show more content…
What really tipped Ophelia into insanity was The wretched act of hamlet arbitrarily and brutally murdering Polonius.Mad for thy love? OPHELIA My lord, I do not know,But truly I do fear it. POLONIUS What said he?”(2.1.95-98)“ When Ophelia truly went mad the was out of control and eventually ending up drowning herself amounts the water of a stream. “One woe doth tread upon another’s heel, So fast they follow. Your sister’s drowned, Laertes. Drowned? O, where? QUEEN There is a willow grows askant the brook That shows his hoar leaves in the glassy stream.”
Toward the beginning of the play hamlet's plan was exactly as he wished it to be. Ophelia was questioning all that happened beforehand and it was able to convince the potential wanderer. During the first part of the play, Hamlet made is seem that he was simply in love with Ophelia, but in the middle of the play, he eventually saw it as an appearance of none but a madman, and near the end Hamlet states"I loved Ophelia. Forty thousand brothers, if you added all their love together, couldn't match mine" (5.1.285-287) . On the other side of the spectrum, Ophelia Seemed to be madly in love with hamlet and could’ve influenced hamlet if it were not for her ties with her brother and father. …show more content…
What really tipped Ophelia into insanity was The wretched act of hamlet arbitrarily and brutally murdering Polonius.Mad for thy love? OPHELIA My lord, I do not know,But truly I do fear it. POLONIUS What said he?”(2.1.95-98)“ When Ophelia truly went mad the was out of control and eventually ending up drowning herself amounts the water of a stream. “One woe doth tread upon another’s heel, So fast they follow. Your sister’s drowned, Laertes. Drowned? O, where? QUEEN There is a willow grows askant the brook That shows his hoar leaves in the glassy stream.”