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External Conflict: Hamlet Vs Ophelia

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Internal Conflict (Hamlet vs Self): Hamlet wants to avenge his father’s death but he‘s fear of action. Thus, his mental illness is just a pretense to stall more time for him to make a decision on what he is going to go about his father’s murder. External Conflict: Hamlet vs Ophelia: in Act II, Scene I, Ophelia explains to her father that she was in her room sewing when Hamlet came in “with no hat on his head, his shirt unbuttoned, and his stockings dirty, undone, and down around his ankles...” Although Hamlet loves Ophelia, he has to act insane around her because that’s part of his plan. Hamlet vs Polonius: Polonius attempts to talk to Hamlet and he gets called “a fishmonger”. Hamlet’s plan becomes successful when Polonius declares that Hamlet

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