FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
HAMLET
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Hamlet
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Laertes
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Ophelia
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Horatio
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Detailed explanation-1: -Ophelia’s final words are addressed to either Hamlet, or her father, or even herself and her lost innocence: “And will a not come again? / No, no, he is dead, / Go to thy death-bed, / He never will come again. / … / God a mercy on his soul. And of all Christian souls. God buy you.” Next, she drowns herself.
Detailed explanation-2: -He goes on to insult Ophelia and tells her to go to a nunnery. He tells her that this will be the best place for her and, by being a nun, Ophelia won’t have children and produce wicked men like his uncle.
Detailed explanation-3: -She sings songs about death, love, and flowers. Gertrude can make neither heads nor tails of what she’s saying, but Ophelia’s songs hint at Hamlet’s betrayal and her father’s death. After she leaves, Laertes returns, demanding to know where his father is.
Detailed explanation-4: -Ophelia’s songs all concern unrequited love. The third song, in fact, blatantly indicts a lover who has left his love’s bed. “Before you tumbled me, you promised me to wed.” This song provides another proof that Ophelia’s madness may stem from her having been intimate with Hamlet and then rejected by him.