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in act 3,scene 1, of Shakespeare's Hamlet, why does hamlet speak rudely to Ophelia, telling her "Get thee to a nunnery?

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When he states "get thee to a nunnery" to Ophelia, he is expressing pent-up anger towards his mother, who he feels has been unfaithful and incestuous when she married his uncle. At the beginning of the play itself, we see a brooding Hamlet who seems almost more upset by his mother's marriage than by his father's death.
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