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According to Webster’s Dictionary, love is defined as “a profoundly tender, passionate affection for another person.” With love also may come a relationship. You commit yourself to one person with hope to spend the rest of your lives together. Trust me; it’s definitely not an easy thing. Sometimes it may even take almost your whole life to find your “one true love”. However when you find it, you know it. In the play of Hamlet by William Shakespeare, we meet Hamlet and Ophelia who appear to have a passionate love for each other. However, each of them is affected by the people around them. Which at times, makes it hard to believe that they really do love each other. Towards the end of the play, we learn that Hamlet’s love for Ophelia was real.

As I stated before, In Hamlet, we meet Ophelia and Hamlet who throughout the play, have a strong connection with each other. Ophelia, however, is affected by her brother, Laertes, who is somewhat of interference between the two “lovers”. He tries in whatever way he can to prevent his sister from associating herself with prince Hamlet. Laertes said to Ophelia:
“If with too credent ear you list his songs,
Or lose your heart, or your chaste treasure open
To his unmustered importunity.
Fear it, Ophelia, fear it, my dear sister (I.iii)



What Laertes is doing is warning Ophelia of Hamlet’s intentions. He is concerned about her virginity and does not trust his sister’s judgement. Ophelia has no choice but to obey her brother’s demands and stay away from Hamlet. In addition to Laertes affecting Ophelia’s decisions, there is also her father, Polonius. Polonius says to Ophelia:“You do not understand yourself so clearly/ As it behooves my daughter and your honour.”(I,iii)
In this quote, Polonius insults Ophelia’s discretion in her relationship with Hamlet. If you notice, he uses the word “my” which is declaring ownership and possession over his...