Examples Of Abnormality In Hamlet

On William Shakespeare’s Hamlet, after the assassination of his father, Hamlet thinks he is living in a world full of corruption and deceit, where everything is falling apart and everyone is against him. An imminent, exaggerated, and passionate love for his mother is his main feature. Although others argue that Hamlet’s obsession to murder Claudius is strictly to claim revenge for his father’s death, it is Hamlet’s obsessive desire to possess his mother in an unhealthy and, perhaps incestuous, relationship. Hamlet also appears jealous of Claudius, his father-uncle, jealous of him for having Gertrude and for owning the crown. He lives a love-hate relationship with his mother. He is full of anger towards her, but at the same time he

Hamlet's rant to persuade her that Claudius is a bad man and the murderer of his father depicts his disrespect to his mother. For instance, he tells her, "You go not till I set you up a glass / Where you may see the inmost part of you." (III.iv.20-21) He is threatening his own mother! Later, he addresses her as "thou wretched, rash, intruding fool" (III.iv.32) Even though Gertrude's lust for Claudius aggravates him, Hamlet fails to show even the most fundamental respect to his superior. The relationship is full of disloyalty and distrust from Gertrude's part. First, she appeases, "Be thou assured... I have no life to breathe what thou hast said to me." (III.iv.201-203) It is assumed that she will listen to Hamlet and stay away from Claudius. However, in the next act, she displays her true loyalty to her husband, telling him that Hamlet is "in this brainish apprehension kills / The unseen good old man." (IV.I.12-13) This is partially contributed by her observations of her son talking to a ghost that she doesn't see. Polonius' death causes her to think Hamlet is dangerous, further driving the two apart. Her distrust to her son harms him by further solidifying Claudius' plan to execute him in England because the king sees him as a threat to the throne who is capable of killing. In the end, Hamlet and Gertrude's relationship take a bittersweet ending.

Over the course of Shakespeare’s play, Hamlet, Hamlet begins to act strange. He not only acts strange, but he begins to act like a madman. Therefore, many question his sanity after reading the play. There are many examples and hints throughout the play that leads one to believe that Hamlet has slowly gone mad after losing his father. It is noticeable that Hamlet is mad when he enters Ophelia’s room, sees the Ghost, and talks to Rosencrantz and Guildenstern.

Because of the circumstances Hamlet despises his Mother’s decision. This marriage only making things harder for Hamlet and this also sets him on the quest to restore honour and certainty back to the kingdom by relieving Claudius from the

We can see the dramatic differences in Hamlet’s facial expression and tone of voice when he starts to talk about Claudius and his mother. Hamlet is revolted by him, he is “a mildewed ear/ Blasting his wholesome brother.” We can hear the disgust in Hamlet’s words as he describes his malevolent uncle and this shows the distorted relationship between them. Finally he turns to his mother. His words are full of deep hatred and utter contempt for her. He asks her how she could have replaced her perfect husband with this foul man: “Could you

In addition, Gertrude goes through a moment where she is figuratively blind when making a judgment. When Hamlet told her about how King Hamlet was killed she didn’t believe it. He says she has been blind this whole time to it and even though Claudius appears innocent he is not. Gertrude married soon after King Hamlet’s death because her love and loneliness blinded her. This led to her to make incestuous actions. Hamlet is annoyed with his mother and how naive she is to his father’s death:

Hamlet has also idealized his mother, and it seems like that they have had a close relationship before this incident. Hamlet really loved his mother, and I think he put her on a pedestal. In the play, this delusion that he has about his mother's character is quickly shattered. She, "within a month" (1,2,145) marries Hamlet's uncle who has for some odd reason become king after Hamlet's father's death. Hamlet is sickened and disillusioned by his mother's behavior saying things like "O that this too too sullied flesh would melt" (1,2,129) and "frailty, thy name is woman"(1,2,146). But the realization that he has about his mother also ties into the realization that he has about his father and ultimately

In the play Hamlet, Hamlet occasionally switches between the fields of sanity and insanity. In which he is able to manipulate the situation by determining if it is best he puts on an "antic disposition" (I.v.192). Or if the situation calls for sanity, Hamlet returns back to being logical. This act allows Hamlet to achieve his short-term goals, but his dual personality slows down his long term goal of seeking vengeance for his father’s death.

What would you do if your father came back from the dead and told you to get revenge for him? In the beautiful story the tragedy of Hamlet by William Shakespeare, the main character which is Hamlet the prince of Denmark claims that he is acting insane to hide his true objective but many audiences believe that he went insane. There are three ways you can tell that he is actually insane. First is through his action. In the story there are many key actions that he does that proves that he is insane. Second is the way he communicates. Hamlet changes the way he talks a lot in the story and it is like him going back and forth and that is what an insane person would do. Lastly is the way he thinks. Throughout the story the protagonist Hamlet usually tell you what he thinks and most of his thought are what an insane

Insanity is a mental illness characterized as; excessive anger or hostility, violence towards others, feelings of sadness, and suicidal thinking. In the play Hamlet, as a result of his father’s murder, Hamlet resorts to behavior that can only be described as insanity. He becomes angered, suicidal, and violent towards others.

Reasonable Dysfunction Throughout Hamlet , the protagonists of the story adopt a similar approach to avenge the wrongdoings that devastated their "ordinary world". Throughout Shakespeare's play, Hamlet appears to be overwhelmed with madness by the death of his father, the remarriage of his mother, and the discovery of his uncles treason. When, in fact, he is aware of his actions and wishes to be suspected of insanity to exact out his vengeance. Throughout his early life Hamlet has a naivety regarding his perception of the worlds and relationships around him which only become more clear following events in which his presumed allies betray him. Some critics of Shakespeare's Hamlet argue that Hamlet's inaction is overdone and unnecessarily

Throughout the play, Hamlet’s disdain for his mother marriage to his uncle, Claudius, is made apparent. It is because of this union, Hamlet believes that it is his responsibility to separate Claudius from his mother for her own good. Because Hamlet’s father, King Hamlet, was killed his brother, Claudius, is now King and has married Gertrude, Hamlet’s mother. After a play which depicts the death of King

Hamlet believes that the main reason Claudius married his mother was to gain power. He is also irritated by the amount of affection that they show between themselves and that the were together before the death of his beloved

Despite the fact that Gertrude has very little role and few lines in the play still she is central to the action of the play. Prince Hamlet hatred and disgust for her mother as she marries Claudius, is one of the main important reflections of the play. This is because in times of Shakespeare, marrying husband's brother after husband's death was considered as a sin and act of being disloyal with the husband. Secondly, Prince Hamlet also considered Claudius inferior to his father, the late King Hamlet, in all aspects of life.

Hamlet struggles with many issues in his daily life. His dad has been murdered by his uncle. His mother then married his uncle soon after the father’s death, which Hamlet considers to be morally wrong in more ways than one. During the story, his close friends betray him by spying on him for his uncle. Seeing how Hamlet reacts to the daily struggles in his life can still be applied to the world today. Many people feel as though they are trapped in their own poor life, and that they have no way to break free of it. The play touches on how Hamlet has these same feelings.