William Shakespeare’s Hamlet depicts how emotions can control you ultimately leading into a psychological war with himself. Shakespeare shows how the truth leads to insanity. Hamlet’s character develops from a depressed state to mentally incapable of controlling his actions. He feels this dramatic weakness after hearing about his father’s death but shows no remorse for the murders he has committed. Hamlet is a reckless yet cautious character, making him smarter than those around him. At first Hamlet promises his father he will “...wipe away all fond trivial records/...all pressures past/That youth and observation copied there…”(I.V.99-102) proving he will do whatever it takes to avenge his father and prove himself to be a tragic hero. Hamlet feels an overwhelming amount of sorrow for his father eventually depicting, “... So, excellent a king, that was to this.../So loving to my mother/That he might not beteem the winds of heaven…” (1.II.139-141) which confirms …show more content…
Ophelia and Hamlet’s relationship fall apart causing Hamlet’s opinion of Ophelia to “...transform from what it is so bawd than the force of honesty/ can translate beauty into his likeness” (III. 1. 114-115) and is now feeling betrayed. Their bittersweet relationship was only a distraction to Hamlet, he had a mission to get revenge and at this point Hamlet was ready to get everything out of his way to do it. Hamlet knew Polonius was using Ophelia to spy on him so he took advantage of the situation to accuse her as a “breeder of sinners” (II.I.123) only helping Polonius with his theory of his madness. Hamlet define Ophelia by her sexuality, to Hamlet she was a whore. All in all Hamlet never loved Ophelia for her, he loved the idea of having someone to hold power