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Scene Five

5. What are the causes of Ophelia's madness?
6. How does this scene bring out the contrast between Hamlet and Laertes?

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5. Ophelia's madness stems from her lack of identity and her feelings of helplessness regarding her own life. While the death of Hamlet's father made him angry enough to want revenge, Ophelia internalized the death of her father as a loss of personal identity.

6.Both Hamlet and Laertesare impulsive characters, but Hamlet is more of a thinker while Laertes is more of a straightaway doer. Hamlet waits for the right time to come to seek vengeance while Laertes runs straightway with a sword to King Claudius.

Straight way doer = a person who acts rather than merely talking or thinking immediately.

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