Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke. Actus Primus, Scena Prima • Paragraph 1082
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[Footnote III.35: _To a nunnery, go. Exit Hamlet._] There is no doubt that Hamlet's attachment to Ophelia is ardent and sincere, but he treats her with apparent severity because he is aware that Ophelia has been purposely thrown in his way; that spies are about them; and that it is necessary for the preservation of his life, to assume a conduct which he thought would be attributed to madness only.]