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Ophelia if she’ll wait in the courtyard ’til Hamlet comes round so that they can listen in on the conversation. Ophelia, the only one who Hamlet trusts, is also acting! Also when Hamlet declares “I did love you once,” and “Get thee to a nunnery” also proves that Hamlet is acting. Real love, like the kind he has for Ophelia, simply does not disappear (III.1.129, III.1.31). He is simply trying to get Ophelia to feel guilty, and come back to him. Hamlet has a pattern throughout the play of trying to get people to feel sorry for him. His motivations are: to make himself at ease, to see Claudius go to hell, to ensure his happiness at the expense of others, to ensure everyone knows how bad he has it, and to play the victim role. Throughout the rest of the play, while

plotting Claudius’ revenge, Hamlet wants sympathy from everyone for his self-inflicted hardships. Exclaiming “O, my prophetic soul!” when the Ghost tells him the murder story, Hamlet decides not to take revenge for his father (I.5. 48). Instead, he takes revenge for his own personal satisfaction, for his soul, not considering how it would affect others. He could’ve easily told the authorities that Claudius murdered his father, the Late Hamlet. Instead, he took matters into his own hands, threatening Horatio and Marcellus to “swear’t” that they had not seen nor heard of the Ghost who gave him this vital information (I.5.162). Hamlet reveals that the Claudius killed his father, but instead mopes around like a madman, drawing plenty of attention to himself. Hamlet

simply goes about getting sympathy the wrong way. Shakespeare’s purpose for creating Hamlet is to evoke the reader to think about his or her own actions. Hamlet is a victim of circumstance who has chosen the road most often taken. Shakespeare clearly conveys the selfishness of Hamlet, asking the reader to look at the way they act, before judging Hamlet. The tragic flaw that Hamlet possesses is common among many people. Although not usually tragic, many people strive each day for the maximum amount of attention they can receive, and usually at the expense of others.