The major result of Ophelia's madness could rightly be
assumed to be Laertes willingness to go along with Claudius' plan to kill Hamlet. They
arrange the duel, the poison is placed on the sword and on the pearl, things are all
arranged and everyone, in the end, dies. Without Ophelia having completely lost it and
her brother seeing this and flying into a rage, it might not have been possible to
convince him as he had some respect for Hamlet.
But another
effect is the emboldening of Hamlet to try and act. It is clear from the scene around
Ophelia's funeral that he grows more capable of voicing his feelings, of making things
public and the action proceeds from there.
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