Act III begins with a lovers fight. Ophelia and Hamlet have a bit of an argument that can’t be traced, since Hamlet begins to attack Ophelia with no reason. All this happening while Polonius and Claudius are spying them.
We see how he rapidly changes when speaking to Ophelia, he is first approaches her gently, “The fair Ophelia. - Nymph, in thy orisons be all my sins remembered” (Act 3, 1, 97-98) and then decides to mistreat her, “You should not have believed me, for virtue cannot so (inoculate) our old stock but we shall relish of it. I loved you not (…) Get the to a nunnery”. (Act 3, 1, 127-131) Hamlets behavior, not only here, but in the scenes earlier in this play intrigue me. Why does he always doubt the intentions of other characters? He is always looking for an answer, his thoughts are clouded by his thirst for revenge and this is not healthy for his decision making.
It’s not hard to predict what will happen next since we are beginning to see the rivalries of different characters grow, and Hamlets thirst to avenge his father’s death expands. I’m starting to think that each character has its own idea of what is about to happen, so at the end of the day anything can happen.
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