r of sinners?” (3.1.119-20). He clearly states that Ophelia is a sinner and any offspring would be sinners. Hamlet tells her she should “marry a fool” (3.1.134), and that instead of being honest, she pretends her immorality comes from innocence, rather than experience. These declarations promptly dissolve the faade surrounding Ophelia, leaving no questions concerning her maidenhead.Hamlet continues with the insults, becoming more crude with each. He asks Ophelia if he should lie his head in her lap. When she declines, he remarks, “That’s a fair thought to lie between maids’ legs” (3.2.105). In reference to the play Hamlet has written, Ophelia asks about the meaning. Hamlet responds, “Ay, or any show that you’ll show him. Be not you ashamed to show, he’ll not shame to tell you what it means” (3.2.127). One of the last innuendoes he has a chance to make was in telling Ophelia that “It would cost you a groaning to take off mine edge” (3.2.226). Shortly afterwards, Ophelia was driven to madness.Ophelia’s own confession that she has lost her virginity comes in her state of madness. She sings, “Then up he rose and donned his clothes / And dupped the chamber door; / Let in the maid that out a maid / Never departed more” (4.5.52-55). However, the most evident passage comes shortly after when Ophelia sings, “Young men will do’t if they come to’t – / By Cock they are to blame. / Quoth she, ‘Before you tumbled me, / You promised me to wed.’ / He answers -- / So would I ha’ done, by yonder sun, / And thou hadst not come to my bed.” Ophelia is talking about the promises Hamlet made to her before she had sex with him. Since he has told her that he no longer loves her, there is no reason for her to protect their activities any more. Although in a state of madness, Ophelia has finally spoken the truth about her...
