Her speech is nothing,
Yet the unshaped use of it doth move
The hearers to collection. They yawn at it
And botch the words up fit to their own thoughts,
Which, as her winks and nods and gestures yield them,
Indeed would make one think there might be thought,
Though nothing sure, yet much unhappily.
– William Shakespeare
Hamlet, Act 4, Scene 5. A gentlemen reports to Queen Gertrude and Horatio on Ophelia’s descent into madness and her lack of clarity and mental coherence. Controlled by men, let down by men, Ophelia is completely mentally shattered after the death of her controlling father Polonius and her rejection by Hamlet.