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Queen Gertrude tells Ophelia" An for you part, Ophelia, I do wish That your good beauties be the happy cause Of Hamlet’s wildness. So shall I hope your virtues Will bring him to his wonted way again, To both you honors. What is the queen saying to Ophelia?

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The queen is saying that she wishes that Hamlet´s odd behavior is caused by him being lovesick because that would mean that he hasn´t become hopelessly insane, and he can still be cured.

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In "Hamlet," by William Shakespeare, when Claudius orders Gertrude to leave, she agrees but tells this to Ophelia before leaving, as an honest hope but also kind of like a warning, because they are all trying to understand Hamlet’s weird state of mind, and some people suspect she might be the reason behind it.

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