Sanity is the healthy way to live life. It allows you to live a normal life and interact in a casual manner. Hamlet's insanity was thoroughly witnessed throughout the play very clearly. His mental health caused problems throughout the whole story. It started off with Hamlet's father passing away, and his father´s brother marrying his mother. Hamlet's uncle, Claudius, married Hamlet's mother, Gertrude. Thus, allows him to sit on the throne as king. Months pass by, and Hamlet ends up seeing his father's ghost. His father tells Hamlet what really happened, and it makes Hamlet go mad. He learns his father was murdered by his greedy uncle. This started the whole beginning of the madness.
Hamlet shows his insanity in little details in the beginning.
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He feels as though his mother should have waited longer and gave herself more time to mourn before getting remarried. In act one, scene two, line sixty-four, Claudius says ¨... But now, my cousin Hamlet, and my son-¨ Hamlet replies to himself, ¨A little more than kin and less than kind. ¨ This line has a little bit of humor to it. Many may find it funny because he is hinting towards incest. This snarky remark is just the beginning of Hamlet´s sarcastic attitude throughout the whole play. He is ashamed his mother got married so shortly after his father had died. It is seen in act one, scene two, line one-hundred-forty-five, that Hamlet exclaims "Within a month, ere yet the salt of most unrighteous tears." Interpreted, Hamlet is saying his mother should have given herself more time and space to grieve. He is disappointed, and a bit angry she remarried his father's brother just a month after his death. He made another snarky remark about how Claudius is so greedy. Hamlet says, "Thrift, thrift, Horatio! The funeral baked meats did coldly furnish forth the marriage tables.", in act one scene two line one-hundred-seventy-nine. Hamlet is basically making jokes about how the wedding and funeral were so close, and his uncle is so cheap, he would not be surprised if the left-overs from his father's funeral were used for his mother's
Hamlet recalls the affection his father gave Gertrude, “so loving to my mother, that he might not beteem the winds of heaven Visit her face too roughly” (1.2.140-142). Despite the past, “she married, O most wicked speed” (1.2.156). Hamlet effectively contrasts the behaviours of his parents, leaving the audience to conclude Gertrude’s remarriage was in deed too quick. Remarrying within two months of your spouse’s death is quite uncommon. More so in modern times where dating is involved in a relationship. People of both eras are quick to judge a women moving from husband to husband, Hamlet effectively taps into that double standard. Coupled with Hamlet’s grief and his father’s lovingness, Gertrude seems cruel to have moved on so quickly, that she wedded so hastily her “most unrighteous tears” have yet to dry (1.2.154). The audience will no doubt begin to wonder why Claudius was not married already, why he suddenly killed the king, possibly to legitimize an affair. They will continue to ponder the past between Gertrude and her new husband. In closing, Hamlet’s first soliloquy demonstrates the suspiciousness of his mother sudden
Hamlet had not only lost his father and is mourning, but is also horrified at his mother’s incestuous actions. He does not respect his uncle or his mother for forgetting everything that happened and “falling in love”. “No, by the rood, not so. You are the queen, your husband’s brother’s wife, and, would it were not so, you are my mother.” (Hamlet, lines 16-18). Hamlet speaks to his mother in quite a sarcastic tone, he does not care how he makes them feel because of how they made him feel. They corrupted his family, forgot his father, and act like Hamlet is a
Every human being has sanity in this world. It is basically reasonable and rational behavior. Hamlet has insanity. He is so insane, he killed an man for a revenge on his uncle, KIng Claudius. In ¨Hamlet¨ by William Shakespeare, the author, conveys the insanity of Hamlet through his progression of madness in the play.
In the beginning of Hamlet, the Prince behaves as any normal person would following the death of a loved one. Not only is this a loved one, but an extra special someone; it is his loving father whom he adored. Hamlet is grief stricken, depressed, and even angry that his mother remarried so soon after his father’s death. Having witnessed how his father had treated his mother with great love and respect, Hamlet cannot understand how his mother could shorten the grieving period so greatly to marry someone like Uncle Claudius. He is incapable of rationalizing her deeds and he is obsessed by her actions.
Less than two months after the death of King Hamlet, his wife Gertrude gets remarried to his brother Claudius. Her disregard for honest mourning appears to Hamlet to be exceedingly disrespectful to his father, and the love that King Hamlet once shared with Gertrude. Hamlet’s anger towards his uncle and his mother intensifies after he is visited by a ghost of his father, and learns the truth about King Hamlet’s unjust murder. Hamlet then assumes a falsified antic disposition of which he appears utterly mad, to the extent that King Claudius feels threatened and unsafe around such an unpredictable person. The queen and king become very concerned about Hamlet's behavior, and once in private, they begin to discuss what may be the cause of this behavior.
As the old saying goes, “...it’s the straw that broke the camel's back…”, expressing that a seemingly minuscule component can have a big impact. In the beginning of the story, it is affirmed that Hamlet is fully aware of his actions. He is not mad, but acts as such to produce an answer. Although, Hamlet’s front progressively becomes reality. As he eagerly awaits the play, he transitions into a state of madness.
Hamlet declares revenge against Uncle Claudius since he believes he is his father’s slayer and because of his mother’s incestuous marriage to Claudius. Early in the play, Hamlet is informed by a ghost, who claims to be his father, King Hamlet, that Claudius is responsible for poisoning him in his orchard. The ghost exclaims it was Claudius’s “foul and most unnatural murder” (1.5.25). Also, Hamlet is engaged against his mother since she barely grieved over her husband’s death and married Claudius soon after. In Hamlet’s first soliloquy, he states that his mother married “[with such] wicked speed, to post, [w]ith such dexterity to incestuous sheets” (1.2.156-157).
The theme of madness is quite prevalent in Shakespeare's Hamlet. The play begins in Denmark with the death of King Hamlet. His son, prince Hamlet, is suspicious of the mysterious and unsolved murder and investigates the alleged murderer the new king Claudius. Throughout the play, many characters experienced some form of insanity, each for different reasons. Hamlet for example initially seeked revenge for his father’s death and over time became mad due to his vengeful desire.
The Conclusions of Hamlet’s Insanity To be, or not to be, that is the question. When regarding Hamlet by William Shakespeare, there are many discussions to whether or not Hamlet is considered crazy. This quote from Shweta Bali, gives a definition of insanity. “Insanity is defined as ‘mental illness or derangement’ perpetuating ravings, loss of reason, dementia, psychosis, paranoia, hallucinations and schizophrenia” (2). Based on this definition, Hamlet is crazy because of his hallucinations, his paranoia, and his psychosis.
Throughout the play, Hamlet uses sarcasm to express his disgust and annoyance toward certain people and situations in a humorous way. “Thrift, thrift, Horatio! The funeral baked meats did coldly furnish forth the marriage tables.” (I.ii.179-80). Hamlet sarcastically speaks of his mother’s quick marriage not even a month after his father’s passing. He basically stated that they used the food from the funeral at the wedding and it was barely cold. In reality, they did not use the funeral food at the wedding, but in order to express his disgust toward the fact that his mother remarried so quickly, Hamlet uses sarcasm. This form of sarcasm is also used to bring humor to this tragic play.
While he grieves for his father, Hamlet finds out that his mother, Gertrude had wed his uncle, Claudius. These events ultimately take a toll on Hamlet’s mental health, causing him to take actions that he deemed were justifiable
The lines open up with Hamlet complaining about life and trying to justify his suicidal thoughts. Shakespeare: “O that this too solid flesh would melt thaw and resolve itself into a dew”(I.ii.129-130). He describes the disorder in his world with a querulous tone and begins to become disappointed as well as doleful. Shakespeare writes: “That grows to seed, things rank and gross in nature possess it merely”(I.ii.136). Everything good in Denmark becomes corrupt because Claudius is king. Subsequently, his tone transitions into becoming sarcastic as well as reminiscent. Shakespeare writes: “So excellent a king…so loving to my mother”(I.ii.139-140). He elaborates on his mother and father’s passionate love. Although he explains this love with pride, he also describes his mother’s love with a more sardonic tone because she didn’t even wait until “ere those shoes {worn at funeral} were old” to forget about his father (I.ii.147). With this in mind, Hamlet describes Gertrude and Claudius’ marriage: “With such dexterity to incestuous sheets. It is not nor it cannot come to any good”(I.ii.157-158). In this quote, Hamlet expounds upon their incestual marriage and his ominous thought about Gertrude and Claudius’ fates.
His anger stems from multiple causes, two of which are described in Claudius’s speech, the first being that the mother of Hamlet, Gertrude, married her brother-in-law and in his eyes betrayed the love and memory of his father, Hamlet, Sr., “A little more kin and less than kind” (1.2.65). Secondly, the marriage occurred only two months after the death of Hamlet, Sr. giving Hamlet even more internal conflict to deal with. It is also significant to consider that Gertrude no longer empathizes with Hamlet’s mournful actions after sharing her marital bed with Claudius; this is evident in her saying, “Good Hamlet, cast thy knighted color off, / And let thine eye look like a friend on Denmark. / Do not forever with thy vailèd lids / Seek for thy noble father in the dust” (1.2.68-71).
In the beginning of the story Hamlet’s father dies. He is killed by Hamlet’s uncle, and which he takes the throne and marries Hamlet’s mother. So at this time Hamlet is feed up and bitter to everyone. Because he knows his mother is wrong for marrying the brother of her deceased husband.
The Tragedy that is Hamlet revolves around Gertrude and her incestuous relationship with his uncle. Omitting the fact that Hamlet is upset with her for marrying his uncle so soon after his father’s death, Hamlet has enough love and empathy for Gertrude to remain her son. He remains by her side and continuously pours out his emotions to her. Whether in favor of her marriage or not he remains present in her life, keeping her informed of his feelings towards her actions. When his father’s ghost asked Hamlet to revenge Claudius, he did not want to injure his mother.