Hamlet

Throughout Shakespeare play, the question that we all are confused with

is whether Hamlet was mad or not. As Hamlet undergos turmoil, for his very own

father was murdered, his mother betrayed his father, and his very own uncle

killed his father for the very thought of sexual lust and desire for power and

wealth. Hamlet did such great acting that some might mistaken him as truely

insane, but I am not fooled. Hamlet has his aspiration for doing so, for he plans to

sought revenge against his own uncle. Hamlet stimulating madness is all part of

his plans, to seek out revenge for his father's bloody murder.

Hamlet reason for acting insane allows him to say and perform actions he

otherwise would be prohibited from, while keeping people from taking his

actions seriously. In the begginning of the play, he ask Horatio and Marcellus

not to make any remarks as of his “antic disposition." Hamlet acting crazy

allows himself to speak to the King, Queen and Ophelia. Acting insane also

gives him vulnerbility to venting his anger out on Ophelia and her not faulting

him for it. For Hamlet does truely loves Ophelia , but he is in a world of despair

right now, and acting insane will remove all fault for what he say and do to her.

“uncle-father and aunt-mother” are deceived in his madness. He is mad only

some of the time and at other times is sane. That is quoted in the story and it

just reveals to us that he is insane to people he wants to be and sane to the

others. For his sanity, it was quoted so that he could obtain "definitive proof of

Claudius’s guilt." Later on in the story, Hamlet murder Polonius, while Polonius

was spying on him and his mother. Acting insane, gave him an excuse to give

to Laertes, and therefore he can ask for Laertes forgiveness. Also right before

the play began, and right before the King came in, Hamlet warned Horatio that

he will begin to act strangely. Hamlet’s madness redirects attention away from

what he is thinking about his father’s death, and puts it on why he has gone

insane. This allows only himself to know what he is truly thinking, does not

require him to answer any questions as to why he might be acting strange,

and allows him to continue to plan his assault on Claudius. His plan to

maintain an appearance of a madman is an ingenious one, and the fact that

he does a good job in his portrayal only makes him more ingenious, not more

insane.

Additional proof that Hamlet must be sane is that even in his “madness”

he is clever in his retorts and speech, and has a full understanding of the

situations around him. He plays his madman characteristic very well , so none

could see fault toward his plans. When he talks to Rosencrantz and

Guildenstern, not only is Hamlet clever enough to realize their true purpose for

visiting, he tells them he is not really mad – in a manner that would be

considered insane! “I am but mad north-north-west. When the wind is

southerly, I know a hawk from a handsaw. Later on he even have them killed

using his father's seal, this action cannot be for someone who is insane.
Hamlet thinks clearly and act rationally so that he can perpetrate to his plans

of extracting revenge.

Hamlet thinking in the story were only hidden to the characters in the

story, but the reader knows for he thinks and act way too cunning to be

consider insane. When he saw king Claudius praying, he was thinking of

attempting to murder him right there and now but , he thought rationally and

came to the conclusion that if he murder Claudius while he was praying, his

soul will go to heaven and he will not get his full revenge. He also reconsider

about the ghost words toward him. He had to prove that the ghost was telling

the truth and that not of a demon deceiving him. Therefore he devised a plan

to test to see Claudius reaction to his set-up play. A insane man could not

think like this, because an insane man would do irrational things and not even

consider it once.

Hamlet can be consider a eccentric , determined man with a single thing

on his mind. Through his venture for revenge, Hamlet feigned his madness so

that he can carry out his revenge in a manner that will not be discovered by

others. He commits no actions without reason, and he is far too astute and

organized to be proclaimed mentally unstable. Hamlet’s portrayal of a

madman is also very complex because it allows not only his points to be

made, but in a believably insane way, which contrasts greatly with the

expected ramblings of a truly insane person.