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The eighteenth-century British novelist Laurence Sterne wrote, ¡°No body, but he who has felt it, can conceive what a plaguing thing it is to have a man¡¯s mind torn asunder by two projects of equal strength, both obstinately pulling in a contrary direction at the same time.¡± In the play Hamlet, by William Shakespeare, Ophelia¡¯s mind is pulled in conflicting directions between compelling desires, obligations, and influences.
Ophelia is torn between her father along with her brother, and Hamlet. Ophelia¡¯s father and brother both caution her to Hamlet¡¯s advances and advise her to stay away. As Ophelia sees her brother away, Laertes warns Ophelia about the integrity of Hamlet¡¯s love. He says he might love her now, but she must keep in mind his status as prince and be wary of their relationship. Because he is heir to the throne, his hand in marriage may be compromised as an act of politics between two nations. As his sister, she promises to keep his words in mind.......

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