Hamlet would want to act insane for several reasons. If he is thought to be insane, no one will pay much attention to his actions. He will be able to get his revenge without any interference. Hamlet also needed time to prove that Claudius killed his father. It would have been hard to wait for proof he needed if people knew what he was planning. They would have tried to stop him if they knew her was waiting for a reason to murder the king. If Claudius had always known what Hamlet knew he would have sent Hamlet to be killed even earlier.

After Hamlet finds out from his "mouse-trap" play that Claudius did kill King Hamlet he goes to kill him but changes his mind. "Now might I do it {pat}, now he is praying, And now I'll do't. And so he goes to heaven, And so am I {revenged}. That would be scann'd: A villain kills my father; and for that, I, his sole son, do this same villain send To heaven."(3.3.77-83). Hamlet realizes that Claudius is praying so if he kills him now he will go to heaven. Hamlet decides to wait until Claudius has committed a sin so he will go to hell. A crazy person would not have stopped when they were about to get their revenge. They would have just killed him because they wanted their revenge so badly. Hamlet is planning again like he always is. He plans a way to make sure Claudius suffers for all eternity.

Hamlet plans out everything before he does it. An insane person does not plan; they just act on instinct. Hamlet devises an ingenious plan to

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