“To be insane or not to be insane- that is the question”. Throughout the course of the play Hamlet, written by William Shakespeare, an ongoing theme that occurs numerous times is the question of whether or not Hamlet has actually gone mad. We must questions Hamlets madness crucially and examine whether he is indeed crazy, or just simply pretending as part of his master plan to get revenge on Claudius. Many people view this questionable statement differently. Is Hamlet really crazy? Is this all just an act? Can any of his madness rants be justified? With an abundant amount of proof, it is absolutely certain that Hamlet has legitimately gone mad. Although it is very possible that Hamlet had been pretending at first, there is no denying that he has certainly gone crazy over time.
According to www.123helpme.com/view.asp?id=17096 “the term insanity means a mental disorder. Whether it is temporary or permanent, it is used to describe a person when they don't know the difference between right or wrong”, which perfectly describes Hamlet. There are many reasons throughout the play Hamlet which proof how and why Hamlet has gone mad. In the exposition of the play, he may not have been crazy. Both Horatio and Marcellus along with Hamlet, see the ghost of his "so called father". Although there is no proof that Hamlet is crazy this early in the play, the news the ghost brings sparks Hamlet's pure insanity. As stated in Act 1 Scene 5, Hamlet has his first interaction with the ghost. The ghost admits to being his father’s spirit and states:" I am thy father's spirit, Doomed for a certain term to walk the night And for the day confined to fast in fires, Till the foul crimes done in my days of nature Are burnt and purged away. ...
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...tp://www.humanities360.com/index.php/questioning-the-sanity-of-shakespeares-character-hamlet-3-59161/, written by Loni Nilsson, he explains how Hamlet got back to his old self. The last scene of the play proves that Hamlet was only insane until he had gotten back at Claudius. It also proves how sanity is not a permanent state. Hamlet apologizes to Laertes for his deed. He tells Horatio to make sure that once he is officially dead, he goes on to tell Hamlet’s story to everyone. He tells Horatio that Fortinbras has his vote as the new king, which shows that he has come back to terms with himself and feels like he has accomplished what he needed to in this word once Claudius is dead. The article states that “after finally accomplishing his father's orders - killing Claudius - brings him back to sanity, but no matter at one point in the play, he is indeed insane.”
In this essay, the author
- Analyzes the theme of whether or not hamlet has actually gone mad in shakespeare's play. many people view this questionable statement differently.
- Explains that insanity is a mental disorder, which is used to describe people when they don't know the difference between right and wrong.
- Analyzes how hamlet's first contact with the ghost brings him unbelievable news. the ghost states that he is indeed the spirit of his deceased father.
- Analyzes how the ghost in act iii, scene iv, is a major cause of hamlet's insanity.
- Analyzes how hamlet's "to be or not to be" speech proves his insanity. he wishes for death and would commit suicide if it wasn't against his religion.
- Explains that everyone in hamlets town is concerned for his mental state. polonius plans to have hamlet meet with ophelia while he and claudius hide nearby.
- Analyzes how hamlet's father, the ghost, told him to seek revenge on claudius, so he decided to build a "play within the play" to reenact the murder of his father.
- Analyzes how hamlet's madness was proven by the fact that he killed polonius by stabbing his sword through the tapestry.
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- Hamlet Insane or Saneanalytical essayHamlet- Sane or Insane??? In Shakespeare’s play Hamlet the main character Hamlet experiences many different and puzzling emotions. He toys with the idea of killing himself and then plays with the idea of murdering others. Many people ask themselves who or what is this man and what is going on inside his head.
In this essay, the author
- Analyzes how the main character hamlet experiences many different and puzzling emotions in shakespeare's play. many people ask themselves whether or not he is sane or insane.
- Analyzes how hamlet comes back to horatio and marcellus and tries to explain to them never to let anyone know what has happened between the ghost and him.
- Analyzes how he was able to match wits with the other characters in the play. most insane people don't have the mind for that type of thing.
- Analyzes how the character's famous soliloquy proves that he was a sane person through out the play.
- Concludes that hamlet wasn't a person who was insane. he proved he was sane by getting revenge for his father.
779 wordsRead More - Hamlet - Intelligent , NOT Insaneanalytical essayThroughout the Shakespearian play, Hamlet, the main character is given the overwhelming responsibility of avenging his father’s "foul and most unnatural murder" (I.iv.36). Such a burden can slowly drive a man off the deep end psychologically. Because of this, Hamlet’s disposition is extremely inconsistent and erratic throughout the play. At times he shows signs of uncontrollable insanity. Whenever he interacts with the characters he is wild, crazy, and plays a fool. At other times, he exemplifies intelligence and method in his madness. In instances when he is alone or with Horatio, he is civilized and sane. Hamlet goes through different stages of insanity throughout the story, but his neurotic and skeptical personality amplifies his persona of seeming insane to the other characters. Hamlet comes up with the idea to fake madness in the beginning of the play in order to confuse his enemies. However, for Hamlet to fulfill his duty of getting revenge, he must be totally sane. Hamlet’s intellectual brilliance make it seem too impossible for him to actually be mad, for to be insane means that one is irrational and without any sense. When one is irrational, one is not governed by or according to reason. So, Hamlet is only acting mad in order to plan his revenge on Claudius.
In this essay, the author
- Analyzes how hamlet's disposition is inconsistent and erratic throughout the play. his neurotic and skeptical personality amplifies his persona of seeming insane to the other characters.
- Analyzes how hamlet's sanity is displayed when he does not harm his mother, gertrude, or claudius.
- Analyzes how hamlet's intellectual sharpness prevented him from making regretful mistakes and saving his life.
- Analyzes how hamlet's intellectual brilliance is first brought out in act i, scene v, when he plans on acting mad to confuse his enemies.
- Analyzes how hamlet's treatment of ophelia in the play could be construed as insane behavior or the main character.
- Analyzes how hamlet's treatment of ophelia is irrational and illogical, but this does not make him insane. polonius tells his daughter not to speak to him.
- Analyzes how ophelia is a good foundation from which to define insanity. she goes insane after her father is killed, and hamlet leaves.
- Analyzes how hamlet feigns madness in order to get revenge on claudius. he must be perfectly sane and keep himself alive to carry out his revenge plan.
1345 wordsRead More - Hamlet, by William Shakespeareanalytical essayThis internal struggle should say a lot to the reader about how they should interpret Hamlet’s behavior. Why call a man inherently bad or inherently insane when everything his higher education has led him to understand is being deeply challenged? Why even give a moment of consideration to the opinion of Claudius who is a known murderer? He arguably serves as the root of every problem that Hamlet faces in the play. Hamlet is, perhaps, simply misunderstood, and if a reader does not bear in mind what he undergoes emotionally and psychologically in the play, his behavior and actions may easily be mistaken for inherent insanity.
In this essay, the author
- Analyzes how hamlet's actions are influenced by events that his detractors are not aware of, such as the appearance of his father’s ghost, so he is incorrectly associated with insanity.
- Argues that hamlet conforms to catholic ideology when he interacts with the ghost of his father and when trying to decide whether to kill claudius.
- Analyzes how the evidence for catholicism presented to hamlet and his friends early in the play shines a lot of light on why he makes certain decisions later on.
- Analyzes how hamlet's mother, gertrude, was directly involved in the death of his father.
- Analyzes how hamlet divulges his true feelings about gertrude's relationship with claudius by saying, "mother, thou hast my father much offended."
- Argues that hamlet should have every right to be suspicious if not certain that his mother is involved in the mysterious death of his father.
- Analyzes how claudius wants to protect his innocence by remarking that hamlet's lunacies serve as a "hazard" growing by the hour.
- Analyzes how claudius misconstrues hamlet's actions for "madness" because he is unaware of the challenge that his predilection to his faith and education is facing.
- Argues that hamlet's behavior and actions are influenced by an internal conflict stemming from something deeper than just his father’s death.
- Argues that hamlet's withdrawn and unclear outlook on suicide can be attributed to an internal struggle stemming from the on-goings in the play.
- Analyzes how hamlet's internal struggle should say a lot to the reader about how they should interpret his behavior.
1313 wordsRead More - Justification of Hamlet's Sanity in Shakespeare's Hamletanalytical essayShakespeare's play "Hamlet" is about a complex protagonist, Hamlet, who faces adversity and is destined to murder the individual who killed his father. Hamlet is a character who although his actions and emotions may be one of an insane person, in the beginning of the book it is clear that Hamlet decides to fake madness in order for his plan to succeed in killing Claudius. Hamlet is sane because throughout the play he only acts crazy in front of certain people, to others he acts properly and displays proper prince like behavior who is able to cope with them without sounding crazy, and even after everything that has been going on in his life he is able to take revenge by killing his father's murderer. In the play Hamlet by William Shakespeare Hamlet is sane but acts insane to fulfill his destiny of getting vengeance on his father's murderer.
In this essay, the author
- Analyzes how hamlet's quote tells the reader that he is going to act crazy to free his father’s soul and wants horatio and other guards to promise on his sword that they will not speak a word of this incident.
- Analyzes how hamlet acts like a normal person when he is in the presence of certain people. he uses reverse psychology and his intelligence to save his own life.
- Analyzes how hamlet's sanity helps him murder claudius even after all of these events. he is disappointed by his mother because she quickly remarries to his uncle.
- Opines that a beast that wants discourse of reason, would have mourned longer married with my uncle, my father's brother, but no more like my father.
- Opines that with such dexterity to incestuous sheets, it is not, nor it cannot come to good. break, my heart, for i must hold my tongue.
- Analyzes how hamlet is upset about his father's death and thinks that nothing good can come out of this marriage. ophelia rejects him and he fences with laertes like an honest prince.
- Analyzes how hamlet is not insane because he is aware of his surroundings and rationalizes everything before acting. he is as sane of an individual as any other, but had to go through emotional pain and abandonment to reach a successful point.
- Analyzes how shakespeare's "hamlet" is about a complex protagonist, hamlet, who is destined to murder the individual who killed his father.
1594 wordsRead More - Hamlets Mental Outline: Hamlet's Mental Declineanalytical essayHe is mentally disturbed by the thought of his uncle killing his father to the point where he loses touch with sanity. Hamlet is a tragedy that will never have a straightforward answer as to if he faked being crazy or not. My belief is that Hamlet had in fact lost touch with reality. The slow decline of his mental health throughout lead me to believe he did go crazy, even if he might have been faking it at first. After seeing his father’s ghost, I believe he started acting like he had lost his mind to blame his future actions on the fact that he was crazy. I also believe he truly did lose his mind shortly after when he found out about Claudius murdering his
In this essay, the author
- Analyzes how hamlet's character changes drastically after certain events, such as being shunned by ophelia, being killed by claudius, and witnessing laertes' death.
- Analyzes how hamlet portrayed the expected attitude of one whose father had just passed away. his distress was only worsened when his mother got remarried to his uncle.
- Explains that hamlet started showing signs of mental instability when his father's ghost asked him to kill claudius to avenge him.
- Analyzes how claudius and gertrude noticed that hamlet's behavior was slightly off, and invited some of his college friends to watch him.
- Analyzes how hamlet seemed to have lost all of his sanity when he tackled laertes at ophelia’s funeral.
- Analyzes how hamlet sent a letter to the danish king to have his friends, rosencrantz and guildenstern, executed upon arrival.
- Analyzes how hamlet is mentally disturbed by the thought of his uncle killing his father to the point where he loses touch with sanity.
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In this essay, the author
- Analyzes how william shakespeare uses word choice and symbolism to display hamlet as an insane character driven from situations that have affected his life and triggered hidden emotions.
- Analyzes how hamlet does not like the fact that his mother has married his uncle so soon after his father's death.
- Analyzes how hamlet is visited by a ghost, which triggers emotions in his head. the ghost tells him that his soul is sent to get someone to know what really has happened to him before he ends up in hell.
- Analyzes how hamlet's insanity rises when he is trying to kill his uncle. he knows his consciences — killing someone isn't like him and has many soliloquies.
- Analyzes how hamlet acts insane because of his emotions jumping around because he does not know how it will go.
- Analyzes how hamlet loves ophelia but has a hard way of expressing his love to her.
- Analyzes how hamlet is a normal person with brilliant ideas. he waited so long to kill claudius because he wanted people to know the story of really happened.
- Analyzes how shakespeare uses word choice and symbolism to display hamlet as an insane character driven from situations that have affected his life and triggered hidden emotions.
1761 wordsRead More - Hamlet Madness Essayanalytical essayMadness is a condition in which is difficult to identify whether it is true or not. William Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” is a drama in which the main character (Hamlet) devotes himself to avenge his father’s death. However, Hamlet does not know how to avenge his father. Hamlet shows signs of hesitation, depression, and even madness. The first two qualities, are explicit from the text. Hamlet’s madness however is a topic of debate even to this date. So the question is, was Hamlet truly mad? Hamlet was a man who struggled to express himself, this was evident throughout the play. Some believe that the death of his father drove Hamlet to apparent insanity. The prince displays erratic behaviors throughout the play because he does not know who he can trust in his own small circle. Those that were supposed to stand beside him have forsaken him and have left Hamlet surrounded by empty promises and lies. Hamlet behaves in an irrational manner to expose the transgressions of others and restore justice and peace to a world of deceit and chaos.
In this essay, the author
- Analyzes how shakespeare's "hamlet" shows signs of hesitation, depression, and madness. some believe that the death of his father drove hamlet to apparent insanity.
- Analyzes how hamlet's soliloquy, "o, what a rogue and peasant slave am i!", confirms that he is indeed not mad.
- Analyzes how hamlet's "mouse trap" proves that he is sane. he goes into great detail with the actors to know how claudius reacts with signs of guilt.
659 wordsRead More - Hamlet Research Paperanalytical essayMadness is defined as a mental condition that impedes rational judgement and causes one to act in a non-socially acceptable manner. Although the protagonist, Hamlet, in Shakespeare’s Hamlet does display signs of a mental disorder, it is clear that Hamlet feigns his madness in order to manipulate those associated with the King to seek his revenge. His use of manipulation, coupled with his clever use of wit, further aid in emphasizing that Hamlet is not mad.
In this essay, the author
- Analyzes how hamlet feigns madness in order to manipulate those associated with the king to seek his revenge.
- Analyzes how the 19th century perspective claimed that hamlet was mentally deranged, and how he was willing to take his own life.
- Analyzes how the psychiatric perspective attributes hamlet's madness to the fact that he feels no shame in his actions.
- Analyzes how hamlet acts based on pure wisdom and his sole logic when he encounters the ghost and learns of his father's cruel murder. he swears horatio and marcellus to secrecy and warns them of a possible villain lurking behind the castle walls.
- Analyzes how hamlet's sanity is further demonstrated in his plan to bring to light the corruption in denmark. he must stage an elaborate array of events to verify claudius' guilt.
- Analyzes how hamlet's clever wordplay reinforces his sanity. claudius refers to him as his cousin, but he retorts.
- Analyzes hamlet's exemplary demonstration of wit when he discovers the papers for the king of england that order him to be executed.
- Analyzes how hamlet feigns his insanity to wreak his revenge on king claudius. he is manipulative and clever to reinforce the idea that he is s
1196 wordsRead More - Hamlet's Sanityanalytical essayHamlet's Sanity Throughout Shakespeare?s play, Hamlet, the main character, young Hamlet, is faced with the responsibility of attaining vengeance for his father?s murder. He decides to feign madness as part of his plan to gain the opportunity to kill Claudius. As the play progresses, his depiction of a madman becomes increasingly believable, and the characters around him react accordingly. However, through his inner thoughts and the apparent reasons for his actions, it is clear that he is not really mad and is simply an actor simulating insanity in order to fulfill his duty to his father. Hamlet only claims madness because it allows him to say and perform actions he otherwise would be prohibited from, while keeping people from taking his actions seriously.
In this essay, the author
- Analyzes how hamlet acts perfectly sane when acting insane is unnecessary. horatio is one of the few people who doesn't need to prove he's 'insensible.'
- Analyzes how hamlet's wit and role-playing of a madman combine to make him too witty for him to be insane.
- Argues that hamlet's actions were impulsive and almost thoughtless, but this is not true. he was thwarted in his attempt to kill claudius.
- Analyzes how hamlet is a sane man acting only for the audience around him. he measures the?pros and cons? of his situation.
- Analyzes how hamlet can be considered no worse than an eccentric, determined, and possibly single-minded man, who was made so by his father's murder and his request for revenge.
- Analyzes how hamlet, the main character, is faced with the responsibility of attaining vengeance for his father's murder. he feigns madness to gain the opportunity to kill claudius.
1524 wordsRead More - Sanity In Hamletanalytical essayOne of the most popular characters in Shakespearean literature, Hamlet endures difficult situations within the castle he lives in. The fatal death of his father, and urge for revenge leads Hamlet into making unreasonable decisions. In William Shakespeare’s play, Hamlet, Hamlet’s sanity diminishes as the story progresses, impacting the people around him as well as the timing and outcome of his revenge against Claudius.
In this essay, the author
- Analyzes how hamlet, one of the most popular characters in shakespearean literature, endures difficult situations within the castle he lives in. the fatal death of his father, and urge for revenge leads him into making unreasonable decisions.
- Analyzes how hamlet loses his sanity after his father's death and his mother’s hurried marriage to claudius.
- Analyzes how hamlet's insanity rises during the play, and he makes unjustifiable decisions.
- Analyzes how hamlet's feigned madness becomes the touchstone for an illumination of the mysterious nature of sanity itself.
- Analyzes how hamlet struggles to act on impulse, and suffers to react quickly in crucial situations, such as the murder of polonius.
- Analyzes how hamlet doubts if the ghost is telling the truth, which is why claudius is eager to send him to england.
- Analyzes how hamlet's lack of action had a major impact on the lives of his close friends and family.
- Analyzes how hamlet could have easily avoided the deaths of his close friends if he would have acted sooner.
- Analyzes how hamlet's sanity diminishes with the story progressing, impacting the people around him as well as the timing and outcome of his revenge against claudius.
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