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I would argue that it is none other than the duplicitous Claudius who caused Ophelia's madness. Claudius' machinations led to Polonius being in the same room as Hamlet at the time of his untimely murder, a murder which was directed for him. This traumatic event is believed to have caused Ophelia's sudden madness. By sending Polonius rather than spying on Hamlet himself, he placed him right in Hamlet's crosshairs, and allowed him to be killed in his place. You could argue that Hamlet is most responsible for Ophelia's madness, as he not only lashed out at her, but also caused the death of her father, Polonius. Nevertheless, the deceitful king ultimately must bear the blame, for Hamlet's madness was spurred by the death of his own father. Who killed Hamlet Sr, you may ask? None other than Claudius. By doing so, he created a domino effect that led to the events of the present, where not only is his right hand man dead, but Ophelia too is left empty and mad. Only he can take the blame.

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I believe that hamlet is the most responsible for Ophelia going insane. I say this because Hamlet said some disgusting words that hurt Ophelia, even though we don't know if the stuff was true or not he still said it. Another way I would say Hamlet is to blame for Ophelia going insane because he killed her father now we know she doesn't know he was the one to kill her father but it messed her up knowing the fact that her father was gone forever. In the play we read how Ophelia felt when Hamlet told her he never loved her, she was really upset. The news about her father's death just put the icing on the
cake, we seen how she started to become very depressed.

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I feel like Ophelia went crazy because her father is now gone and she is now alone and having nobody with her she feels trapped only having herself to deal with stuff and before her father would help her or sorta control her in a way as he talks to her about hamlet and kinda showing her how of a bad person he is trying to ruin her reputation when he said “ I thought he was just toying with you and meant to ruin your reputation” I feel like he tried to persuade her.

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The character that is most responsible for Ophelia going insane is Polonius. Without a mother, Polonius was a vital figure in her life. He was her only parent and who she would go to if she needed anything, she trusted him completely. With Polonius dead, she is now an orphan. But what has truly been the final push towards insanity is that her father controlled her entire life. Specifically, he controlled her love life with Hamlet. In the text it says, "I don't know what to believe, father. Then I'll tell you. Believe that you are a foolish little baby for believing these "offers" are something real. Offer yourself more respect, or-not to beat this word to death-you'll offer me the chance to be a laughing stock." Here, it is clear

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I don’t think anyone is responsible for Ophelia acting like that but herself. Because everyone is trying to talk to her to calm her down but she won’t listen..”Horatio- it’s a good idea to speak to her, since she might lead those evil intentions to dangerous conclusions

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Ophelia is going insane because of Hamlet , she goes on to say he promised to marry her and then once he got what he wanted he chose not to. On act 4 scene 5 page 239 she says in Hamlets voice “I would have married you, i swear”. But, Hamlet himself banned marriage. Later, she expresses her emotions with flowers, she continues to say on act 4 scene 5 page 251 “And heres a daisy, for unhappy love”. Hamlet starved her for affection, she was confused the entire relationship. This caused stress , the only thing her and her father ever talked about was Hamlet, she now feels like she has to listen to her father’s words and let him go.

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I'd say Ophelia is responsible for her own insanity and of course while Hamlet and Polonius are involved her choices for sticking around Hamlet even after his nasty words and her father's many warnings it was basically building a Jenga Tower with polonius's death toppling it all over onto her all the words that Hamlet said and all the warnings that her father gave came back and while I don't think that she knows that Hamlet killed her father she most likely links it to how she pretty much was used by him and realizing that her father was right in most of his warnings

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Zabian Nieves: Who’s responsible for Ophelia’s insanity?

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Zabian Nieves: Who’s responsible for Ophelia’s insanity?

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1) Hamlet is most likely the cause due to him murdering Polonius.
2) Hamlet murdered Ophelia’s father, but Polonius also caused Ophelia to be confused during the whole play.
3) Hamlet murdering her father caused Ophelia’s sanity to dip far. Claudius telling Ophelia about Hamlet, and then Hamlet turning out to be exactly like Polonius said also must’ve pushed her over the edge.

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Hamlet is most responsible for causing her insanity because he took her virginity, led her on, and killed her father. Also Polonuis and Lertes told Opheila to stay away from Hamlet and to ignore him which made him mad and “stop loving her” so it's their fault for the separation of them. She also has no one left or anyone to help her get through this tragedy so she’s definitely losing it.

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I think Hamlet is responsible for Ophelia going insane because he is responsible for killing Opheila’s father which has had a tremendous effect on her in the film and text. In both sources,  Opheila is singing songs to herself. She sings “and won't he come again? No no he's dead.” Her brother, Laertes is appalled by her behavior and says “do you see this? Oh god.” Everyone blames Polonius' death for Ophelia's behavior but I don't think that's the only thing causing her to act out. Throughout the play there is a flirtatious tension between Hamlet and Ophelia, in a previous scene Ophelia tells Polonius about her interactions with Hamlet and Polonius warns her to stay away from him. In Act 4 scene 5, Ophelia sings “he let in that girl, and when she left she wasn't a virgin anymore.” I believe she is talking about herself, it is unclear whether Hamlet raped Ophelia or used her for sex, taking her virginity. Hamlet has also made it clear he does not have love for Ophelia by killing her father and then using her for his sexual desires, I think this is what is making her insane.

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I think the one responsible for Ophelia's insanity is Hamlet. Although he did not know it was Ophelia's father he killed, he still killed her Father. Part of why it's Hamlet's fault is because throughout the play he has been seemingly toying with her feelings for him. He says he loves her but then says he doesn't. And it is saif by Ophelia that when she lost her virginity to Hamlet she sings "she said "before you got me into bed you promised to marry me" and he says "I would have married you I swear, if you hadn't gone to bed with me. " This seems to suggest he promised her marriage and then went back on his promise. Hamlet was also the person her father told her not to be around and now her father is dead.Even though the blame goes to mostly Hamlet it also goes to Claudius,Polonius himself and Gertrude for having Polonius spy on conversations,something which Claudius talks about saying that had he been behind that curtain he would have died. Something that had they not been trying to spy constantly it could have been avoided,(even though it does not justify the death of Polonius)it's still a factor in his death and why it happened.

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I believe the two main people that have caused Ophelia’s insanity may be Hamlet and Polonius. I say Hamlet due to his hurtful words that he has said to Ophelia earlier in the book, saying how her doesn’t love her, never sent her letters and so on, and for killing Polonius in cold blood (which Ophelia may or might not know). Then with Polonius, that being his death and his words against Ophelia as well earlier in the book as well, with Polonius seemingly “controlling” Ophelia’s decisions and trying to be really strict with her, which Ophelia might not have appreciated at the time, and now might be coming back to her, in a bad way. Both characters seemed to give off a reason as to why Ophelia is now going crazy, I still mainly lie on Hamlet causing the main disruption of Ophelia’s mind.

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hamlet is most responsible for ophelia going insane because hamlet killed her father ever since her father died she been going sane and she just been singing. "coverd with sweet flowers  which did not fall to the ground in true love showers" -ophila. Hamlet said he didnt love ophila and she was hurt about it. She been maipulated by her father and her brother  because they were controling her feeling towards hamlet 'how can you tell the diffrence between your true lover and some other your true love wears a pilgrims hat and a pilgrims sandls and staff"-ophila . in the (movie- she was just singing about her father)   reason why i say its hamlet because killing a father will be a big impact in anyone life one of your parent just got killed your gonna have the urge for revange some people just weeb and sob while other try to get revenge but i dont think she know who has killed her father but she just gone sane about it. It really impacted her.

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1) A clear claim of which character is most responsible for Ophelia going insane.

2) At least two reasons in support of your claim.

3) An explanation as to why your reasons are evidence of your claim.

EXTRA CREDIT:
-Quoting from the text as evidence of your claim.

-Addressing and rebutting a counter claim (why this character and not another who could also plausibly be responsible?).

-Making the most *original* argument (which character is most responsible who we might not immediately expect to be?)