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How does hamlet respond when ophelia approaches him,wishing to return his tokens

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In Act 3, Scene 1 of Shakespeare's "Hamlet," Ophelia approaches Hamlet to return the tokens of love he has given her. Hamlet responds with confusion and anger, insisting that he never gave her any such tokens. He then goes on to express his disillusionment with women and relationships, stating that he did not love her and suggesting that she should go to a nunnery. This scene is often interpreted as Hamlet feigning madness, though it is also possible that his emotions are genuine, and he is expressing his frustration and heartache over the situation with his father's death and his mother's hasty remarriage.

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Answer:Having received her orders from Polonius, she tells him that she wishes to return the tokens of love he has given her. Angrily, Hamlet denies having given her anything; he laments the dishonesty of beauty, and claims both to have loved Ophelia once and never to have loved her at all.

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