Being able to mourn is a natural feelings as humans that needs to be felt during a time of lost. In William Shakespeare’s play, Hamlet, the young prince is unable to do this when the court around him has moved on faster than him. Gertrude, the young prince’s mother, has remarried the person he despises most in the world, and has no one to turned to for comfort. With no one to rely on, Hamlet emotions of sadness and pain turn into hate and loathing of those around him. Hamlet’s emotions are stronger than Shakespeare lets on, and quick to change if not handled properly. What was once respect for his mother has turned into hatred for his mother, significantly because of who she chose to marry. Claudius, a man Hamlet believes is lower than his
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Though below him in status, Ophelia proves to be one of Hamlet’s true friends before she turns against him. In Act 1 Scene 2, as everyone leaves to celebrate the newly wedded couple, Ophelia is there to comfort him in his grief. Hamlet's emotions towards Ophelia were once love before she turned on him, like everyone else. The emotions of misogyny only grow stronger for Hamlet when Ophelia as seen in Act 3 Scene 1, when Ophelia tries to return Hamlet’s letters. The scene mimics Hamlet’s reaction to his mother severing ties with him to be with Claudius, thus she receives the same emotion he now has for his mother.” You should have not believed me, for virtue cannot so inoculate our old stock but we shall relish for it. I loved you not”(3.1.164-166.).He insults her by stating he never loved her, and by calling himself rotten he states that he ruined her because he is rotten. After this scene, contact with Hamlet for Ophelia is not only disrespectful but harmful to her own mind set. Because she has no one to turn to, before and after the death of her father, the feeling she cannot release leads her to madness. The fact that Ophelia is a lady in the court, she cannot take actions against those that have hurt she takes actions against herself to hurt them. By committing suicide, she has caused Hamlet as much pain he has given her, forcing him to face the emotions of losing someone dear
Though below him in status, Ophelia proves to be one of Hamlet’s true friends before she turns against him. In Act 1 Scene 2, as everyone leaves to celebrate the newly wedded couple, Ophelia is there to comfort him in his grief. Hamlet's emotions towards Ophelia were once love before she turned on him, like everyone else. The emotions of misogyny only grow stronger for Hamlet when Ophelia as seen in Act 3 Scene 1, when Ophelia tries to return Hamlet’s letters. The scene mimics Hamlet’s reaction to his mother severing ties with him to be with Claudius, thus she receives the same emotion he now has for his mother.” You should have not believed me, for virtue cannot so inoculate our old stock but we shall relish for it. I loved you not”(3.1.164-166.).He insults her by stating he never loved her, and by calling himself rotten he states that he ruined her because he is rotten. After this scene, contact with Hamlet for Ophelia is not only disrespectful but harmful to her own mind set. Because she has no one to turn to, before and after the death of her father, the feeling she cannot release leads her to madness. The fact that Ophelia is a lady in the court, she cannot take actions against those that have hurt she takes actions against herself to hurt them. By committing suicide, she has caused Hamlet as much pain he has given her, forcing him to face the emotions of losing someone dear