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Everyone lives behind a wall of lies that possesses us to act out life. Hamlet discovered early on that all truth remains hidden because expression portrays acting. Our emotions and thoughts are too complex to understand with tears or mourning. Their true meaning cannot be shown, which drove Hamlet to madness because he kept it bottled inside. Every character shows signs of madness, especially Hamlet. Why is there so much lunacy and what is the significance of madness for a better understanding of the play?

Frailty thy name is mother shows right away Gertrude has broken Hamlet's trust. Everything Hamlet has ever known was an act and nothing is reality to him. "He suffers from misery at his father's death and agony at his mother's quick forgetfulness: such callousness is infidelity, and so impurity, and, since Claudius is the brother of the King, incest" (Knight 81).

Our young Hamlet has led a hard life that would lead anyone to insanity. Is Hamlet truly mad or is he merely angry? He places himself so dangerously close to the line between sanity and insanity, he crosses it without even realizing it.

Hamlet is a grieving young member of the royalty, plagued by the recent death of his father, and the hasty marr

ather a view that the actions and words arising from the apparent madness is but a feigned "antic disposition" as proclaimed by Hamlet himself. (Soon, 1) The psychological case study of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, presents the theory that Hamlet did have a break with reality, and should be diagnosed with schizophrenia, a devastating disease that affects a mere 1 percent of the world's population. The preponderance of evidence that has been displayed clearly points to the conclusion that Hamlet was indeed mad; the disease's onset is in the young adult years, it is disabling, resulting in a period of productive time lost, and it has social effects on the patient, as well as his family. In Hamlet's case, all criteria have been met, and therefore can be declared schizophrenic, or "mad." Bibliography Bloom, Harold. Shakespeare: The Invention of the

role of a "madman" once again, speaking in a grotesque and ironic manner. The king asks him, "Now Hamlet, where's Polonius?" Hamlet replies with a sarcastic remark: "At supper." He continues, "Not where he eats, but where 'a is eaten." (IV.iii.16-19) Hamlet is clearly disrespecting Claudius, and making him look like a fool. Yet again, Hamlet does not act upon his plan to seek revenge of his father's murder, but merely attacks Claudius verbally, as he did to his mother in a fit of rage. From the beginning of the play, Hamlet has a great fascination with death. Despite being warned by his friends that following the ghost was a bad idea, Hamlet's obsession with death overcame him and he was prepared to risk it all. Hamlet organized a play that revealed the truth about his father's death. This play was to serve as a strategy to force Claudius to admit to the killing of Hamlet's father. Claudius' reaction to the play served as solid evidence against himself and it was al!

ediction for the course of the play, as Hamlet struggles between emotion and sobriety in order to enact revenge on his father's death. Hamlet's encounter with the ghost of his father considerably changes his disposition, and his actions become more bizarre. He has the unique ability to communicate to his father by talking to a ghost; his friends must swear themselves to secrecy because of the threat that others may dismiss him as "mad". Nevertheless, Hamlet's actions after meeting the ghost do lead everyone except Horatio to believe he is crazy, but never acts upon his feelings and loses control. From the beginning, Hamlet feels much pressure to speak out against the king, but lacks the strength to do so. This inner conflict is shown in his soliloquy in act two, when he states, "O, what a rogue and peasant slave am I!" (II.ii.534). He confesses that he is a coward, and is torn between speaking out and actually taking action against Claudius. These new pressures cause much!

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