In William Shakespeare's Hamlet, a kind of madness eventually infects everyone, leading to an ending in which almost all the main characters are dead. Two such crazy characters are Hamlet and Ophelia, who also share a love for each other. But even though their irrational behaviors are often similar and their fates similar, one is truly crazy while the other is not. Both Hamlet and Ophelia act very strangely. Hamlet, the prince of Denmark, insults everyone around him. He tells Ophélie that he never loved her, calls her father a fishmonger and, subtly, calls her mother a whore and her new husband a murderer. And Hamlet himself is driven to acts of murder, from the unintentional stabbing of Polonius to the plot that kills Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to the vengeful murder of his uncle the king. Ophélie appears at the castle singing and distributing imaginary flowers. She doesn't even seem to know her own brother. Hamlet and Ophelia's behavior is a direct result of their fathers' murders. Both love their father dearly and obey willingly, even when their father's orders go against...