The first to die in the play was Old Hamlet, the King of Denmark. He had a delightful life; he had the love of his family and was admired by his people. But his brother Claudius was power-hungry and jealous of Hamlet; Hamlet had everything Claudius desired. Claudius is able to manipulate others for his own needs and he is prepared to execute, eliminate, or murder to stay in control (Hamlet No Fear …show more content…
But in her case she snaps because of her obeying other individuals without any sense of herself. Soon after her learning that her boyfriend Prince Hamlet had killed her father, she went mad to the point where she started singing songs, “Larded all with sweet flowers; which bewept to the grave did not go with true- love showers” (Hamlet 4.5.44-46). This song that she sang was about how Prince Hamlet didn’t mourn the loss of her as a loving partner. Ophelia’s song demonstrates that everyone has a different impression of what true love is. Ophelia's depression had set in with her causing her to feel suicidal and she had been overcome by excruciating emotions and she sees death as the only way out (Depression and Suicide-online). Her madness and depression later take over her thoughts and she commits suicide by drowning