Hamlet is without any reservations, one of Shakespeare's most
mystifying plays. Although the play has a concise story, it is filled with
many uncertainties relating to different issues behind the plot. The
reader is left with many uncertainties about the true feelings of prince
Hamlet. One question in particular is, did Hamlet really love Ophelia?
This dispute can be reinforced either way, however I believe Hamlet
was truly in love with Ophelia. Support for my decision comes from
Hamlet's treatment towards Ophelia is shown throughout the play, but
especially in Act 3, Scene 2, and at Ophelia's grave in Scene 1 of Act
This play is about the troubles encountered by young prince Hamlet
as he tries to seek revenge for his father's murder. Hamlet discovers
the murder of his father, as well as the adultery and incest committed
by his mother and uncle. This results with Hamlet retaining a very
embittered and cynical outlook on life. "Or that the Everlasting had
not fixed His cannon 'gainst self-slaughter ... how weary, stale, flat,
and unprofitable seem to me all the uses of this world."
(1.2.131-134). Throughout the play, Hamlet teaches the audience the
depths of his depression through soliloquies. Hamlet not only regards
the world with pessimism, but he also has suicidal feelings. Hamlet
displays thoughts of self that questions the worth of living. The
foremost cause for his exasperation and aggravation is the fact that
his mother and his uncle, Claudius immediately got married right after
his father's death. Hi...