The literary critique “On Ophelia’s Madness”, written by Carroll Camden is well written with great arguments on the origin of Ophelia’s insanity, which is the denying of love from Hamlet that pained her. The critique appears to be valid and well-researched. Carroll Camden was an author and a professor at Rice University therefore, it is assumed that this critique was edited,proofread, and that he is very familiar with Shakespeare's literature.There are many references, indicating thorough research and analysis. A weakness of the critique is that it was published in 1964 so there could have been different perspective changes. Another weakness is that Camden effectively states counter arguments that overpowers his points and gives the audience
