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Why does Hamlet act so strangely to Ophelia

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Hamlet's most mad-seeming outburst, against Ophelia, may be explained by the fact that Claudius and Polonius are spying on the conversation: if Hamlet suspects that he's being spied on, he may be acting more deranged than he really is for the benefit of his listeners.

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