Ophelia As A Reason For Hamlet's Madness Ophelia, in this tragedy many see her as just Hamlet’s lover, a character who is selfish in not helping Hamlet when in need, or just a psycho lover with a lot of problems. What if the story was twisted so that the play wasn’t a tragedy and actually turned into a love story due to Ophelia? This is how I would have written it if I were William Shakespeare. Ophelia who was Hamlet’s love in the play would have recognized the reason for Hamlet’s madness, taken the situation in to her own hands in order to stay with Hamlet, and would have solved all the problems that makes this play a tragedy. When Hamlet first realizes who has killed