Ophelia's madness is due to what she encounters throughout the play from everyone around her. Her character is often overlooked, people really don't pay attention to her, and her emotions and well-being are almost entirely forgotten. When her father and brother tell her to stay away from Hamlet, she tries to speak and tell them that she knows Hamlet truly loves her. She tells them her feelings, but they say no, she must not speak to Hamlet anymore and must obey. They didn't take a second to try to see things from his point of view. After Polonius and Claudius plan for Ophelia and Hamlet to meet and talk while they hide to listen, Ophelia is verbally abused by Hamlet and her father is too caught up in Hamlet's madness. This madness was avoidable, the men in her life were the cause of it and that of Gabrielle Dane. The article “Reading Ophelia's Madness” explains this perfectly, what is written in the article gives clear and simple facts and examples of the cause of her madness. The cause of his madness began with his father, his brother and his overbearing lover. These three men told her what to do, when to do it and how she should do it, and the things they tell her to do must always benefit them, they did not care what would happen to the mind or the Ophélie's mental state. emotional state in the process. With the men's constant abuse, they each start saying different things to her. Not knowing who to listen to, she begins to get lost and lost. When finally there was no one left to tell her, she went crazy, and on the verge of madness, she ended up committing suicide. Throughout all of these events, no one stops to think of her as a real person, but rather as a rag doll they could just throw around. The play Hamlet itself was discussed without any concern for Ophelia for almost four hundred years before scholars began to think about her and read the play with a feminist point of view. Today, more and more articles are being written about the treatment of Ophelia by the other characters in the play and her madness. Although most would consider suicide a cowardly act, Ophelia's death may well be the only rational death in this death-filled world.