I do not believe that Hamlet loves Ophelia. I think she is more of a sexual being to him. She is more in love with him. He tells her that he does not love, but she continues to believe that he does and that he will marry her. Ophelia's love for Hamlet eventually leads her to commit suicide. Ophelia's brother warns her that Hamlet is only playing with her.
"For Hamlet and the trifling of his favor
Hold it a fashion and a toy in blood,"
Hamlet is very cruel to Ophelia and accuses her of whoring around. He tells her to go to a nunnery, implying she is sinful. Hamlet dislikes woman perhaps brought on by his mother's affection for Claudius, his father's murder. In addition, there is some evidence to support that Hamlet may have inappropriate feelings for his own mother. Therefore, he is not mentally free to love Ophelia.
Hamlet relates to Ophelia in this manner:
"As if he had been loosened out of hell, To speak horrors-he comes before me."
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