Mabillard wrote “She is incapable of defending herself” (Introduction to Ophelia). Ophelia cannot protect herself from her fate. Later in the play, the queen interrupts the king and Laertes to explain to Laertes that his sister has drowned. The queen states that “your sister is drowned, Laertes” (Meyer 1529). She continues explaining. He says that "she herself fell into the weeping stream" and "her garments, heavy with their drinking, dragged the poor wretch from his melodious recitation to muddy death" (Meyer 1529). She fell into the water and didn't get up. Elaine Showalter adds that she "drowns in an excess of feelings" (Showalter). He explains that Ophelia was drowning in her feelings before she actually drowned. Ophelia drowned because she no longer had anyone to tell her what to do or how to live her life. As they carry Ophelia to the grave, Hamlet does not know that it is Ophelia. He asks Horace “who is this they follow?” (Meyer 1534). When he realizes that it is the beautiful Ophelia, he jumps into the tomb with Laertes not far behind. They fight for a while before being separated. Hamlet admits: “I have loved Ophelia: forty thousand brothers could not, with all their quantity of love, compose my sum” (Meyer 1536). Hamlet loved Ophelia, even if he didn't always show it. He goes on to explain his love for her. Hamlet explains that his love is greater than everyone else's love