Love me so

In the book by William Shakespeare "Hamlet" there are many questions asked if Hamlet and Ophelia love each other. It seems to me like they do really love each other. I believe this because of the way everything is written in the play. Hamlet goes crazy when he enters Ophelia's room all torn up "My lord, as I was sewing in my closet, Hamlet, with his doublet all unbraced;No hat upon his head; his stockings fouled, Ungartered, and down-gyvèd to his ankle;Pale as his shirt; his knees knocking each other;And with a look so piteous in purportAs if he had been loosed out of hellTo speak of horrors—he comes before me”(II,i,77-84). I think this is the most important part of their love because he is going crazy over the fact that Polonius is not letting Ophelia see Hamlet and vice versa. Another huge part of them actually loving each other is when they are watching the play in the play mousetrap where they are just constantly flirting with one another saying”That’s a fair though to lie between maids’ legs/What is my lord?/Nothing/You are merry my lord/Who,I?Ay my lord/“(III,ii, 117-122) Ophelia flirts back as well when she says “You are as good as the Chorus”(III,ii,240). Furthermore in the beginning of the play I think that they had a relationship as well because it seems as the play goes on the more and more he cares about her and the more Polonius wants them apart because he is looking out for his daughter. To add on, the nunnery scene is important too because Hamlet does not want Ophelia to be involved in his plan on killing Claudius and he wants her to go to the nunnery for protection, “Go thy way to a nunnery”(III,i,130). In the end , Hamlet and Ophelia both love each other very much and care a lot about each other throughout this play. I think also that Ophelia helped Hamlet forget about what was going on and to make him more relaxed.

      Response to Christie

I agree with the last part from what you had commented saying "All of Hamlets actions influence Ophelia's emotions and vice versa. So they would have to be in love, because if they weren't they wouldn't care at all what the other did." Because if this wasn't true then the play would be completely different. As Hamlet would have not had another women figure in his life other than his mother, which we know he cares about a lot. . I think they both care about each other a lot, I just wished they had both survived to actually have a child together and maybe have a happy ending, i guess thats just for fairytales