FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
HAMLET
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ask her how she feels about him.
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declare his love for her.
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convince her of his madness.
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tell her about the ghost of his father.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Hamlet’s main goal in visiting Ophelia is therefore to convince everyone, through her, that his insanity is due to heartbreak, instead of something else. In this way, he hopes to avoid suspicion from the King.
Detailed explanation-2: -Hamlet and Ophelia both display symptoms of it, but each become mad for different reasons. Hamlet’s madness is fueled by his father’s death and his desire to seek revenge on the man who killed him. Ophelia’s madness stems from her lack of identity and her feelings of helplessness regarding her own life.
Detailed explanation-3: -On the stage, Ophelia was costumed in virginal white to contrast with Hamlet’s scholarly black, and in her mad scene she entered with dishevelled hair, singing bawdy songs, and giving away her flowers, symbolically deflowering herself. Drowning, too, was a symbolically feminine death.
Detailed explanation-4: -Hamlet is feigning madness, while Claudius is simply an evil man driven by his desire for power. Scholars have been debating Hamlet’s sanity for centuries. Those who believe Hamlet was truly mad cite his abrupt mood changes and erratic behaviour as proof that his father’s death drove him insane.