The Hamlet Project

I can’t decide if Laertes’ advice is terrible or actually pretty astute.
None of us knows how much Hamlet loves Ophelia
Or even
If he does.
And many a girl I know
Has lost her heart and faith to a man she gave everything to and then regretted it after.
A little temperance in love
A little healthy suspicion
At least in the beginning
Might actually be just the cushion a besotted girl needs as she’s falling
Or else
Laertes has here set off a chain of distrust
That leads to the downfall of them all.