In the beginning of the play Hamlet, most readers would assume that Hamlet doesn’t love Ophelia. What I have gathered and Hamlet’s actions and words proves that he still cares and loves Ophelia.
Hamlet claims that he doesn’t love Ophelia. From what I've read,Hamlet tries to mislead Ophelia’s spies by becoming harsh towards her. He wanted her to leave Denmark so that she would be protected. For instance, “ Get yourself to a convent. Why would you want to give birth to sinners? I’m as good as the next guy, and yet i could accuse myself of such horrible crimes that i would've been better if my mother had never given birth to me.” (3.1.123-1126) Hence, why he wanted her to leave so that if somebody ever found out about murdering his uncle, they
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From what he said in act 2 scene 1, tells a different story. In fact, “ You shouldn’t believed me, because no matter how hard we try to be virtuous our natural sinfulness will always come out in the end. I didn't love you.” (3.1.119-121)
Afterword, obviously Hamlet got tired of Ophelia now since he couldn't have what he wanted from her. Once she started to avoid Hamlet, he knew that Ophelia would become just like his mother, so he starts to despise woman. Towards the end of the play, he claimed that he loves her when Ophelia dies. This could've just been part of his plan to seek the attention. Therefore, Hamlet is over Ophelia.
The final thing that Hamlet's says after Ophelia's death was, “ I loved Ophelia. 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? So will I.” (5.1.262-263) Furthermore, this concludes that Ophelia's death brought Hamlet crying on his knees, and created mixed emotions for