In what condition is Ophelia when she comes before Gertrude and Claudius?

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Elliott Miranda

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4 May, 20:20

In what condition is Ophelia when she comes before Gertrude and Claudius?

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This is talking about one of Shakespeare's most famous plays/tragedies: "Hamlet". This follows the story of a troubled young prince who takes revenge on his uncle Claudius for the murder of his father, the late King Hamlet.

One of the characters is Ophelia, the beautiful daughter of Polonius, Claudius's counselor. She is supposed to marry Hamlet, but after getting rejected and treated like garbage, she begins to grow insane.

The condition she's in when she comes before Gertrude and Claudius is one of insanity: she's babbling, possibly depressed, and is going crazy - in other words, she is not in a fit, healthy condition at all, and it may be attributed to Prince Hamlet's treatment of her.