there to help get rid of Hamlet. Without all of these situations in the play Hamlet becomes king and is able to give his love to the people of his kingdom, and Ophelia. Hamlet and Ophelia are not King and Queen and the King Hamlet, the Ghost, is content with the present. These events are what make it a love story instead of tragedy and everyone lives happily ever after.
             I chose Ophelia to be the reason why Hamlet is still alive because all the other characters are recognized more often in the play, and I feel that Ophelia would be the person least suspected for the murder of Claudius. By having her recognize Hamlets problems and goals, taking them into her own hands for Hamlet, and being the reason why all the other little scandals and deaths don't take place, this play can now be called a love story. Hamlet does not die and there for it cannot be called a tragedy, and this play is still a great play because it has love, mystery, and because William Shakespeare wrote it.
             Ophelia, in this tragedy many see her as just Hamlet's lover, a character who is selfish in not helping Hamlet when in need, or just a psycho lover with a lot of problems. What if the story was twisted so that the play wasn't a tragedy and actually turned into a love story due to Ophelia? This is how I would have written it if I were William Shakespeare. Ophelia who was Hamlet's love in the play would have recognized the reason for Hamlet's madness, taken the situation in to her own hands in order to stay with Hamlet, and would have solved all the problems that makes this play a
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