This passage is an example of Dramatic Irony because no one besides Hamlet, Horatio, and Marcellus, knows that King Claudius killed Hamlet’s father; King Hamlet.
I feel sympathetic towards Ophelia because after she went to her father (Polonius) about Hamlet acting strange, he stated that Hamlet is madly in love with her, yet has already forbidden her to see him any longer.
This passage is an example of Dramatic Irony because the readers, Horatio, and Marcellus are the only ones aware that Hamlet is only acting mad, where as everyone else thinks that he is truly going mad.
I feel sympathetic