Hamlet
In the begging of the play, Hamlet, by William Shakespeare, even though Hamlet says that he is just pretending to be mad, he really does become mad thought the play. From the beginning when Hamlet says he is not mad he knows that deep down inside the madness is going to come out, but he is just going to deny it. Hamlet is under a great deal of stress. His father has just died, and his separation from his lover both add to his insanity. In the beginning of the play Hamlet sees the ghost of his father. He is scared of what he sees. He knows that everyone else saw the ghost but he is not sure of what is truly going on. He thinks that it is some evil thing trying to hurt him. This is the first sign of him going mad. To make sure that his friends do not tell anyone of what happened he tells them that he is going to "put an antic disposition on-/ That you, at such times seeing me, never shall (Shakespeare, 28)". Hamlet tells everyone that he is going to pretend to act crazy, so they wont say anything when he does abnormal things, but in his mind he is just trying to protect himself because he knows that something is wrong. Hamlet's disguise of his craziness is not going well. Everyone is suspicious of Hamlet because t
Even in his apology Hamlet sounds mad. He refers to himself in first person. By this time he is not in the right state of mind. All of the stresses of life have gotten to him. At the end of the play Hamlet finally has the courage to get his revenge and kill Claudius because he is mad and does not know what he is doing. Thought the play Hamlet kept denying his madness, but once he finally admitted it to Laertes and mostly to himself he had the bravery to kill Claudius. Mineral base,/ Shows itself pure...(79-80)" hey believe that he has gone mad. Polonius thinks Hamlet is mad because he has fallen in love with, Ophelia. Roughly away, I here proclaim was madness./...Was't Hamlet wrong'd Laertes? Never Hamlet./ If Hamlet from himself be ta'en away,/ And when he's not himself does wrong Laertes,/ Then Hamlet does it not, Hamlet denies it. Who does it then? His madness. If't be so,/ Hamlet is of the faction that is wrong'd;/ His madness is poor Hamlet's enemy (116)." By this time most people sense Hamlets madness and it is hard for Hamlet to keep denying it. Even Gertrude knows that Hamlet is truly mad even though she was the one who always just thought he was very upset about his father and Ophelia. Hamlet's way of covering his madness was clever. Telling his friends that he was just putting on a show tricked them for a while. In the end the truth came out. Everyone could see that Hamlet was acting craz
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