Hamlet is once again struck by tragedy when the one that Hamlet is presumed to love dies. The queen proclaims simply, “Your Sister’s drowned, Laertes” Hamlet (IV, vii, 88). It seems that Hamlet’s one love in the play has died from falling into the water and drowning. This is also right before Hamlet concedes that fate is out of his hands. This would also be the moment that Hamlet decides to finally go through with his plan to kill his Uncle. The whole ending of the play can be narrowed down to the fact that Ophelia happened to die. She climbed out onto a branch that reached over the water and simply drowned. There was no explanation of why Ophelia died since in the play she is a very minor character, most of her character lies in the fact that