Ophelia blames it upon herself, saying, I did repel his letter and denied/ His access to me (2.1.109). It is obvious, though, that she has always loved him, and believes that he will marry her, as he, hath given countenance to his speech / With almost all the holy vows of heaven (1.3.113-114). Hamlets fluctuating emotions and her fathers death finally drive Ophelia to madness, but even then, she is in love with the prince. In her songs, she sings of love and of death. She wonders, How should I your true-love know / From another one? (4.5.23-24), and whether Hamlet truly loves her or not. Her devotion to him is obvious when she says, And I a maid at your window, / To be your Valentine (4.5.50-51). Ophelia tells the story of a girl:Quoth she, Before you tumbled me, You promised me to wed.He answers:So would I ha done, by yonder sun,An thou hadst not come to my bed. (4.5.63-67)It is very probable that this story relates to Hamlets and Ophelias relationship. Despite the many warnings of Laertes and Polonius, Ophelia must have lost her virginity to Hamlet, and now thinks this to be the cause for him renouncing her. Whereas Hamlet is playing with Ophelias feelings, not realizing what this is doing to her. He is doing this for the reason of appearing mad to the king and the kingdom, but sometimes it seems as if he is being honest in his accusations. Gertrude is one of the most important people in Hamlets life, and as she commits sin such as the incestuous marriage, he says, Frailty, thy name is woman! (1.2.146), correlating all women with his mother. He is saying that women are frail and act out of emotion, and thus are not loyal to those who truly love them. Therefore, he is prejudiced to Ophelia, as he is to all women, and he says to her, Go to, Ill / no more ont! it hath made me mad. I say, we / will have no mo marriages (3.1.149-151), inferring that women are devious and at this time it appears that Hamlet does not love Op...
