Instead of being respectful and a decent human being towards her, Hamlet decides to deny them from being together and complains about a woman's power in the world; how women can "paint another [face] on it. You dance, jump and babble; you call God's creations by nicknames and excuse your sexual antics by pleading ignorance." (Shakespeare 197). Hamlet continues to degrade her by inferring that she is a prostitute disguised as a pure virgin, which is also the first sign in the play that Hamlet and Ophelia had a more sexual relationship than what would be considered the norm during this time and the aftermath. first sign of his nymph