Evidence 2: “A horrible act--almost as bad, my good mother, as killing a king and marrying his brother.”
(70)
Concluding Sentence: The fact that Hamlet grew up with Polonius in his life, and then felt almost no
remorse or sadness a er he killed him is very concerning. Violent tendencies are a big sign of insanity and mental
instability, and Hamlet’s lack of emo on a er commi ng a murder of someone he has known his whole life, is not
a good sign.
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Topic Sentence: Finally, Hamlet’s rela onship with Ophelia was a massacre. The began as love interests,
but then Polonius and Laertes instructed Ophelia to stay away from Hamlet. Since then, Hamlet’s feelings towards
her have been on and off. One day, he loves her, the next, he wants nothing to do with her.
Evidence 1: “You shouldn’t have believed, since we’re all ro en at the core, no ma er how hard we try to
be virtuous. I didn’t love you.” (51)
Evidence 2: “Yes. I could even supply the dialogue between you and your lover if you did your li le puppet
show of love for me.” (61)
Concluding Sentence: Hamlet goes from telling Ophelia about how he never loved her, to openly flir ng with her
once again at the play for King Claudius. Analyzing his confusing ac ons, he seems to be having this internalized
conflict with his emo ons and sanity.
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Restated Thesis: Hamlet was seeing a ghost that other people could not, he killed someone he knew his
en re life and thought nothing of it, and he could make up his mind on how he felt about Ophelia.
General/overall statement: Hamlet was not pu ng on an act. At some point in the story, Hamlet had
delved head-first into insanity.