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The Role Of Nunnery Conversation In Shakespeare's Hamlet

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drives him mad.” Hamlet is smart. He knows that Claudius and Polonius are watching him so he hides his love for Ophelia by denying his love for her. Hamlet makes it obvious at first when Hamlet tells Ophelia, “I did love you once.” (Act 3, Scene 1) In this line, Hamlet confesses that he loved her. Shortly after, he goes on and says he never loved her. Although he may deny his love for Ophelia in this scene, it’s clear to not make assumptions that his love is not real. The end of their conversation in the nunnery, Hamlet asks Ophelia, “where is your father?” indicating that he knows Polonius is around. This line alone makes it clear that the whole nunnery conversation was an act and not Hamlet’s true feelings for Ophelia. The last evidence
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He grows wary of all around him and nearly goes insane as he begins to question his love, Ophelia, on her true intentions with him. Hamlet asks Ophelia whether she is “honest” and “fair” then explains he had loved her but also tells her, “I loved you not.” Ophelia feels deceived and Hamlet shouts expletives towards her and expresses she should “go to the nunnery,” another term for a

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These characteristics of Hamlet’s can be shown through him expressing, “you should not have believed me: for virtue cannot so inoculate our old stock but we shall relish of it: I loved you not.” (3.1.117-119). Hamlet explains this to his love interest Ophelia, whose relationship with Hamlet is quick to begin and end. Hamlet’s mass deception throughout the play of “pretending to be mad” hurts many relationships. Through this quote, Hamlet tells Ophelia that he never loved her, however through prior quotes, this is hard to believe.

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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.

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“I would not, in plain terms, from this time forth have you so slander any moment leisure as go give words or talk with lord Hamlet.” (1.4.141-143). However, the truth is that Hamlet does love Ophelia and Polonius knows it. Polonius tries to appear as a trustworthy man and loving father but his true nature is that he’s a liar and

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Hamlet once again fails to understand that Ophelia much like himself is only trying to stay loyal to her father, much like what he is doing himself. In addition, Hamlet blames woman for giving birth to such evil and deceiving men like Claudius and himself. When he was talking to Ophelia he told her "Get thee to a nunnery. Why wouldst thou be a breeder of sinners? I am myself indifferent honest, but yet I could accuse me of such things that it were better

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The love of forty thousand brothers, added together, could not match mine. ”(5.1.254-255) For this reason, Hamlet shows he still loves her by, expressing in front of everybody that he had never stopped loving her. Another example that proves his love for Ophelia would be, “ To outdo me by jumping into her grave so theatrically? To be buried alive with her?

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Hamlet surely thought that his mother Gertrude dearly loved his father Old King Hamlet, now he may feel like his mother never loved his father. This may result in why he feels like he may not love Ophelia. We are also aware that Hamlet has trouble with his own happiness and this probably reflects on the way we feels towards people mostly women. Hamlet thinks that the reason real love does not exist is because of the female gender. Hamlet blames both his mother Gertrude and Ophelia for portraying men as monsters.

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