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Loneliness in Hamlet   Everyone faces loneliness and despair in their lives. In todays sphere people may feel misunderstood or isolated. In Hamlet, much of the loneliness and suffering he endures is due to the secrets and betrayals he is forced to keep. There were umpteen instances where Hamlet felt alone and upset but he could not share his pain with anyone else. This was a factor that added to his suffering. We can in addition find legion(predicate) examples of Hamlets despair due to betrayal from his so called friends. All of these factors not only contributed heavily to his depression, but caused his overall demise. Throughout the play, Hamlet discovers who is incorruptible to him and who his real enemies are. Right away, Hamlet dislikes his uncle. He is already distraught over losing his father but on top of that he has to deal with the marriage of his lamb mother to his uncle, who he perceives as being cruel and cold-hearted. A little more than kin, and less than ki nd. (I ii 65) This is Hamlets first line in the play, which clearly demonstrates the fundamental hatred Hamlet has towards his uncle. Hamlet also feels intense betrayal from his mother. He trusted her and feels like she has disregarded any love she ever felt towards her designer husband. Mother, you have my father much offended. (III iv 11) A bloody deed-almost as bad, good mother, As kill a king, and marry with his brother. (III iv 29-30). Hamlet is revolted by the idea of his uncle and his mother married. Hamlet also encounters loneliness and despair from Ophelia. As part of Hamlets plan to put on an antic angle of dip he distances himself from Ophelia who he is actually in love with. He does this by insulting her and convincing her that he is mad and never had any true feelings for her. I loved you not (III i 117) Get thee to a nunnery......Marry a fool, for wise men know well enough what monsters you make of them (III i 135-137) Hamlet also kills Polonius (by mistake think ing it was Claudius). Both of these incidents cause Ophelia a great deal of grief and so she kills herself. Hamlet is of course devastated because he never actually meant to meet her. I loved Ophelia. Forty thousand brothers could not with all their quantity of love make up my sum.