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Who Is Drowning In Her Sorrows In Hamlet

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Drowning in Her Sorrows “I loved you not” (3.1.129). In the play The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark by William Shakespeare, Hamlet's words and actions severely affect Ophelia. Their relationship starts off with complete infatuation with each other, but then Ophelia is forced to break contact with Hamlet by her father, Polonius, and her brother, Laertes. Hamlet's antic disposition pushes him to cast Ophelia further away with harsh words and demeaning actions, such as going into her bedroom scarcely dressed and also telling her that he never loved her. Thereafter, Hamlet kills Polonius and Ophelia has to suffer the pain alone. Hamlet manipulated Ophelia and is responsible for her death. In the beginning of the novel, Ophelia is introduced
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