Ophelia cannot take control of her own life because her father dominates her, thus causing her madness since she is unable to express her own opinions. Polonius uses Ophelia as bait to spy on Hamlet and commands “Ophelia, accompany you here… Read in this book that the demonstration of such an exercise can color your loneliness. “We are often guilty of this, it is too proved that with a face of devotion and pious action we sugarcoat the devil himself” (Shakespeare 3.1.48-55). Once again, Ophélie's father imposes her every move, not allowing her to make her own decisions. She must blindly obey her father's orders and betray someone dear to her. Spending her entire life in servitude to others ultimately leads to Ophelia's madness. She has no sense of self-knowledge since she was never allowed to form her own ideas and grow as a person. In his work Corruptions Effect on Love by HDF Kitto, he states that “the tragedy of Ophelia is that she innocently obeys a disastrous father” (Kitto 103). The consequences of his blind obedience to his father lead to Hamlet's distrust of him. She unintentionally betrays someone she cares about because of her father's influence. From then on, beginning to disconnect from herself, Ophélie begins to plunge into madness. Ophelia also suffers verbal abuse on several occasions from Hamlet, which particularly affects her.