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Hamlet section B question OCR

We have to write a 15 mark essay on ‘Ophelia’s death is the true tragedy in Hamlet’ and I need some key points. Help?
- It was preventable, yet Hamlet's obsession for revenge for his father, leading to her death through the murder of Polonius, made him completely unaware of the consequences his actions had on the one person he loved.
- She was so innocent- you could find quotes to exemplify this- but she was never involved in any drama or tension within the play, from many points of view, her death can be almost entirely blamed on others

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