How Does Hamlet Trust Ophelia

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Hamlet does not trust Ophelia. Hamlet gives Ophelia the option to tell him the truth and recieve his trust when he asks her, “ where is your father,” but Ophelia continues to lie, telling Hamlet he is “at home” when Polonius is actually in hiding with the King and several others, listening to the conversation. Hamlet knows this, and becomes increasingly upset at Ophelia for lying, cursing her future marriage and telling her “God hath given you one and you make yourselves another,” insinuating that she is two-faced Hamlet is unclear about what his feelings for Ophelia ever were. The scene starts with Ophelia attempting to return Hamlet’s tokens of affection, to which he states he “never gave [her] aught.” This insinuates what Hamlet is