How Did Hamlet Really Love Ophelia

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In William Shakespeare’s Hamlet, there are two characters who are in a relationship, but many readers question whether Hamlet really loved Ophelia or not. I would argue that yes he did love Ophelia because there was countless time throughout the story where he shows her love and affection. He also never stopped loving her it was all just an act because he was focusing on getting revenge and had to act “crazy”.

In IIIi Ophelia is trying to return “love letters” to Hamlet that he wrote her. Ophelia says “My honored lord, you know right well you did,
And with them, words of sweet breath Composed
As make the things more rich”(Shakespeare,1992,IIIi)

This is one of the few times throughout the story where Hamlet can be honest about …show more content…

Forty thousand brothers, Couldn't not with all their quantity of love Make up my sum.What wilt thou do for her?”(Shakespeare,1992,Vi)

With this evidence, it shows that he really loved her without a doubt. If he did not really love her then why would he still, try to defend his love for her when she already dead? The only reason he used loved for the past tense is because she is now dead he can no longer lover currently. Hamlet also goes on to tell Latres “Will you cry? fight? stop eating? Cut yourself? etc I'll do all that…
“To be buried alive with her so will I”

This show that he really loves because he saying that now he does not really want to be alive no more because she not alive anymore, that she was like the only thing he lived for. Given these reasons I doubt that anyone should further question Hamlet love for Ophelia. Throughout the play Hamlet was such a confusing character because you never knew what was he going to do since he needed to act “crazy”and hide the fact that he really loved Ophelia, but he always made it clear to he that he loved her with out a

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