Write two to three sentences explaining how ophelia changes over the course of the play. include at least one plot event that causes ophelia to change.   at the beginning of the play, ophelia is dutiful and polite; she does exactly what her family tells her to do. then, hamlet's erratic behavior and polonius's death cause ophelia to go mad. she becomes confused and starts behaving strangely. ultimately, her madness leads to her death.

At the beginning of the play, Ophelia was very shy and well mannered. She followed the social class status of her being a commoner and did not give in to her romantic feelings for Hamlet. When Hamlet begins his father's ghost and ignores her, to seek his revenge, she does not understand this change in his behavior and attributes it to him not loving her anymore. Due to her family's pressure over her and her not understanding Hamlet's sudden change, she begins to become insane and loses hope in love and life.

in the shadow of war

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