To be your Valentine” (Act IV, Scene V, Lines 51-54). Her father dislikes hamlet and does not want them to be together. Ophelia is left in the play torn between the two, should she listen to her father or love Prince Hamlet? As a young woman I understand the respect that Ophelia has for her father, but I would not call my father “my lord.” The word lord means someone or something having power, authority, or influence; a master or ruler. Which means that Polonius rules Ophelia’s life (English Oxford Living Dictionaries).
Ophelia’s father wants to help the king regain information about Prince Hamlet so bad to the point where he uses his own daughter, as an investigator, to see if Hamlet is actually insane (Act III, Scene I, Line 48-54). Later
Ophelia’s father wants to help the king regain information about Prince Hamlet so bad to the point where he uses his own daughter, as an investigator, to see if Hamlet is actually insane (Act III, Scene I, Line 48-54). Later