After all the torture Hamlet inflicted on Ophelia during Act III, scenes i and ii, it is not surprising how destroyed Ophelia is when the news of her father's death comes out on stage v. He states that nature which "...is beautiful in love" (line 160) came for the things he loves, which are Polonius and Hamlet, and that his love for both was so noble that he gave his sanity for This. To clarify, Hamlet has caused suffering to Ophelia by leaving her without someone to give her guidance and protection, just as Gertrude was when Hamlet's father died. Tragically, her loss of sanity also leads her to end her own life. Ophelia's suffering is quite significant to this play as it leads to the motif of Laertes' incestuous desire, as well as how it provides further motivation for Laertes to avenge his family, thus adding to the theme of the nation as a deceased