Madness in Macbeth and Hamlet
Did you ever ask yourself, have we all gone mad? It seems that in our time confusion, disorder, and madness seem to reign chaotically throughout the world. Then, we seem to look at ourselves and wonder, who really is mad? The people around us are so diverse that we sometimes forget what normal is and we falsely accuse others of being insane. The presence of madness is also a very integral part of some great literary works. Shakespeare, for example, used several "mad" characters in his brilliant plays Hamlet and Macbeth. In the writings, the reader has to decide who really is mad and how far "off the deep end" did they go. The use of madness illustrates to the reader that even in earlier times people were considered to be "sick in the mind." As further illustrated, the presence of madness is quite evident and plays a strong role in the formation of the plot in Shakespeare's writings of Hamlet and Macbeth. It is evident that in both Hamlet and Macbeth, there is proof of madness in some of the minor characters. The issue of madness in any form of writing shows the reader that there must be something plaguing the characters to make them act so foolishly. In Hamlet, this foolish person would be the
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Approximate Word count = 961
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)
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