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"thoughts and remembrance"
Discussion
Act 4,
Scene 5
Lines 177-

Discussion of the phrase "thoughts and remembrance" in Act 4, Scene 5 of myshakespeare's Hamlet.

Although Laertes thinks that Ophelia’s handing out of flowers is indicative of her madness, he finds it fitting that she’s given him flowers symbolizing his need to think about the memory of his murdered father – an eerie parallel of the Ghost’s command to Hamlet, “Remember me!”.