Hamlet's Love Is Not True Analysis
Hamlet’s Love for Ophelia is Eternal
Although there are many points proving that his love isn’t real, there are multiple points in the play providing evidence that challenges this statement.
In one of Shakespeare’s most famous plays, Hamlet, it is often wondered if Hamlet’s love for Ophelia is true. Although there are many points proving that his love isn’t real, there are multiple points in the play providing evidence that challenges this statement. Hamlet shows his true feelings when he is alone with Ophelia, when he sends her love letters holding his feelings, when he proves that he can’t bear Ophelia being with any other man, and lastly his speech with Laertes by …show more content…
This goes to prove that Hamlet still cares about Ophelia and doesn’t want her to be with anyone else but him. If Hamlet weren’t in love with Ophelia, he wouldn’t care who would have her next; it wouldn’t involve him.
Lastly, when Ophelia died after she lost her sanity with her father’s death by Hamlet’s hand, Hamlet said to Laertes, “I loved Ophelia. Forty thousand brothers could not with all their quantity of love make up my sum.” (Act V Scene I Lines 285-287). This goes to prove Hamlet’s love was true, because he finally revealed his true feelings to Laertes after she passed. This shows he was full of sorrows and regret; if Hamlet wasn’t in love with Ophelia he would have no need to vent his feelings like this.
All in all, Hamlet truly did love Ophelia. His love for her may be questioned, but in reality Hamlet was trying to get other characters off his trail and make it seem like he didn’t love Ophelia when he truly did. Hamlet was trying to protect Ophelia from his plot of revenge for his father; just in case Claudius decided to get even by hurting her. Hamlet shows his love for Ophelia when he revealed he loves her when speaking to her through the letters, when he tells her to get herself to a nunnery, and when speaking to Laertes by her
Although there are many points proving that his love isn’t real, there are multiple points in the play providing evidence that challenges this statement.
In one of Shakespeare’s most famous plays, Hamlet, it is often wondered if Hamlet’s love for Ophelia is true. Although there are many points proving that his love isn’t real, there are multiple points in the play providing evidence that challenges this statement. Hamlet shows his true feelings when he is alone with Ophelia, when he sends her love letters holding his feelings, when he proves that he can’t bear Ophelia being with any other man, and lastly his speech with Laertes by …show more content…
This goes to prove that Hamlet still cares about Ophelia and doesn’t want her to be with anyone else but him. If Hamlet weren’t in love with Ophelia, he wouldn’t care who would have her next; it wouldn’t involve him.
Lastly, when Ophelia died after she lost her sanity with her father’s death by Hamlet’s hand, Hamlet said to Laertes, “I loved Ophelia. Forty thousand brothers could not with all their quantity of love make up my sum.” (Act V Scene I Lines 285-287). This goes to prove Hamlet’s love was true, because he finally revealed his true feelings to Laertes after she passed. This shows he was full of sorrows and regret; if Hamlet wasn’t in love with Ophelia he would have no need to vent his feelings like this.
All in all, Hamlet truly did love Ophelia. His love for her may be questioned, but in reality Hamlet was trying to get other characters off his trail and make it seem like he didn’t love Ophelia when he truly did. Hamlet was trying to protect Ophelia from his plot of revenge for his father; just in case Claudius decided to get even by hurting her. Hamlet shows his love for Ophelia when he revealed he loves her when speaking to her through the letters, when he tells her to get herself to a nunnery, and when speaking to Laertes by her