"People are created and made into who they are through their life experiences. Even if we don't realize it, the people around us influence our every move In many cases, the positive influences that come into our lives change us for the better and we become kind, confident and strong-minded people. In the case of Ophelia in Hamlet, however, only the. madness and heartbreak come from her experiences of broken mind and heart, both caused by her fighting love for Hamlet, her brotherly love for Laertes, and her obedience to Polonius. Throughout the play, we can see how Ophelia slowly breaks away from him. her experiences with the closest people in her life, Ophelia is the strongest the reader has ever seen in the play. The first time we see Ophelia with her brother Laertes, we can see the concern he has for. she “For Hamlet and the trifle of his favor. Wait. Her lover kills her father; It’s enough to drive most people crazy. In this scene, Ophelia uses nature as a means of coping, referencing and offering flowers. “Nature is beautiful in love, and where it goes/She sends a precious example of herself/After the thing she loves.” Ophélie truly loses a part of herself when her father dies and her madness becomes visible. We can see Ophelia's love for Polonius as the trigger for her madness. “Polonius is an imbecile in his treatment of Ophelia, but his paternal concern is beyond doubt, even if it may at the same time overlap with ulterior interests. Ophelia’s obvious grief at his death…testifies to her adequacy as a parent. (Boyce) From what we've seen, Polonius may not have been a confidence provider or even a father figure, but Ophelia still loves him. Now that she has lost two loves and her only other family is absent, Ophelia's spirit can no longer take it and she, in her madness, is likely sent to