Hamlet's Relationship With Ophelia Analysis

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Hamlet's relationship with Ophelia is unstable and weird. He claims that he once loved her, but later he assures her that he never loved her. While he is attempting to act crazy in Act 2 he grabs Ophelia, stares at her for a while, then lets out a long sigh. They can't seem to have a normal conversation. Ophelia also has a lack of independence. We see this through her relationship with her brother and father. She obeyed her father when she rejected Hamlet and his letters. She is also used as "bait" for spying on Hamlet on two different occasions.

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