Act 3, scene 2

Ok, to start off, Ophelia is even more hopeless than she was before! In line 115 she says, "I think nothing, my lord." This is pretty much Ophelia in a nut shell. Now she is directly telling the audience that she doesn't think for herself, and doesn't act upon her own will, but rather, she does everything her father tells her to without any hint of disagreement. She has become more and more dependent upon her father's wishes throughout the story. In a way, this proves Hamlet's generalization of women being frail because she has, in essence, become frailty itself.

Hamlet has become more open about his plans of revenge in this scene. The play is so obviously about the current situation, I don't see how the king and queen believed Hamlet when he gave them his little cover story to assure them that it had nothing to do with them in lines 235-241. Hamlet is also becoming more open with Horatio, who helps Hamlet keep watch for guilt in the king's face during the play. Also, I think Hamlet is getting too cocky in his plan, because he shows his happiness, caused by his devious plan, during this scene, and everyone notices it. This is evidenced in lines 118-120. I do believe that people are becoming suspicious of Hamlet because of this happiness, which is so out of line with his mood thus far. And I really don't understand why he all of a sudden decides he likes Ophelia again in lines 108-116, or is it just him teasing her?

Also, we are reminded again of how emo Hamlet is in lines 124-125 when he says, "For look you how cheerfuly my mother looks, and my father dies within 's two hours." This is the whole "time has stopped" for Hamlet thing. He is still clinging to that night when he conversed with his father's ghost, and the audience is reminded of Hamlet's vow of revenge, and how strongly he intends to achieve it.

And in line 151 Ophelia says, "'Tis brief, my lord," and Hamlet says in line 152, "As woman's love." This is Hamlet yet again making generalizations about women. This is also a blow to his mother and her hastiness to get married so soon after her husband's death.