Why Is Hamlet Insane

Throughout the play of Hamlet, one of Shakespeare's most famous tragedy's the main character, Hamlet is faced with the responsibility of getting vengeance for his father's murder. He decides to pretend madness as part of his plan to get the opportunity to kill Claudius who was the suspected murderer. As the play goes on, his portrayal of a madman becomes believable, and the characters around him respond quite vividly. Through his inner thoughts and the obvious reasons for his actions, it is clear that he is not really mad and is simply an actor faking insanity in order to complete the duty his father assigned him.

Hamlet, the Prince of Denmark, begins as an admired and noble young man. However, fate and the turn of events lead the tragic hero the depths of his fortunes. The tragedy starts with the death of the heroic King Hamlet. His brother, Claudius is the successor as King of Denmark and married the protagonist’s mother. When a ghost of the late King Hamlet appears, Hamlet’s downfall begins. The ghost explains to Hamlet that Claudius killed his father “upon my secure hour thy uncle stole with juice of cursed hebona in a vial, and in the porches of my ears did pour the leperous distilment, whose effect holds such an enmity with blood of man” (1001). Hamlet then feels like he must get revenge against Claudius and sets out to plot how it will happen. King Claudius senses something suspicious about Hamlet and sends for Hamlet’s two

Hamlet isn't insane, he just acts insane and plays another character to fool people. The way Hamlet talks in verse or sane shows that he can act insane or act normal when he pleases. Hamlet also cracks jokes and says ignorant things whenever Hamlet watches the play with Ophelia. Beautiful Hamlet makes these brilliant schemes to find evidence on who killed his stunning father, like the play inside a play, an insane person could not do that.

Throughout the Shakespearian play, Hamlet, the main character is given the overwhelming responsibility of avenging his father’s "foul and most unnatural murder" (I.iv.36). Such a burden can slowly drive a man off the deep end psychologically. Because of this, Hamlet’s disposition is extremely inconsistent and erratic throughout the play. At times he shows signs of uncontrollable insanity. Whenever he interacts with the characters he is wild, crazy, and plays a fool. At other times, he exemplifies intelligence and method in his madness. In instances when he is alone or with Horatio, he is civilized and sane. Hamlet goes through different stages of insanity throughout the story, but his neurotic and skeptical personality amplifies his

Is Hamlet insane or is he not? There is no right answer to that question because some argue that he is and others argue that he is not. I however do not consider Hamlet insane. I believe that he is depressed because of the death of his father and the hasty marriage of his mother to his uncle not too long after his father’s death. Hamlet does not understand why his mother is still not grieving the death of his father like he is. I feel that he is upset with his mother because he see her new marriage to his uncle as her being unfaithful to the marriage that she had with his father. Hamlet expresses his disappointment of his mother for disregarding the death of husband. When he expressed his disappointment of her he called her “frailty, thy name is woman” (1.2.148).

Is Prince Hamlet insane? If a person walks into a room in a suit, they look professional. If a male walks into a room holding another males hand, he is presumed to be gay. So if a young man walks into a room, and he wears sorrow and anger on his face, he must be insane.

Imagine being insane? How about actually being insane? How would someone balance between acting or actually being insane? It would take someone a lot of time to understand if someone is fooling them or messing around with them. In "Hamlet," how do we know that this is what is happening?

After the death of old King Hamlet, Hamlet was struggling to keep himself and his feelings contained. His mind has so many thoughts running from his father’s death, to his neglected relationships, and from his thoughts towards Claudius. As the story escalates, more events pile up on top of Hamlet’s troubles making him slowly go insane.

In the beginning Hamlet was pretending to be mad to avenge his father's death, but in trying to avenge him, he lost his mind. While trying to seek revenge on his Uncle for killing his father, he caused multiple other casualties. When he went to speak with his mother about why he was acting so strange, he stabbed Polonius for spying on him. He also saw the spirit of his father right in front of his mother but she could not see nor hear him at all.

Throughout William Shakespeare's book, Hamlet, the main character Hamlet is displayed to be insane. Even today people are still wondering if Hamlet is insane or not. There are many ways that Hamlet is insane. Hamlet is Insane because of his aggressive which he uses toward his mother, he feels unsettled which he uses when he talks to a ghost, he feels paranoid which he uses when he talks to himself and questions his life, and he feels revengeful when he wants to kill The King to avenge his father.

Hamlet is not insane which can be recognized through his relationships with others. When Hamlet goes to Ophelia’s room acting erratically, it is because he has just seen a ghost. Ophelia comes to her father, frightened, and reveals that Hamlet has just come to her room appearing disheveled, and full of madness (Act II, Scene I). What Ophelia does not understand is that Hamlet has just encountered the ghost of his father, the king.

Madness is in the Eye of the Beholder In 1976, psychologist David Rosenhan conducted an experiment to determine if psychologist diagnosis was truly valid By having sane people feign madness. The results were that psychologist couldn’t distinguish the difference between sane and insane. Such is the case in “Hamlet” by William Shakespeare’s, where a young prince of fakes madness while planning to avenge his father‘s murderer. Throughout the story those close to Hamlet can’t figure out if he’s stable or insane driving them, mad.

In Hamlet, a play by William Shakespeare, Hamlet is perceived to be insane; his madness is more than just an act as seen through his interaction with Ophelia, Claudius, and Polonius. Hamlet’s relationship with Ophelia and his Mother’s marriage to Claudius strains and pushes him toward madness. Polonius believes at first Hamlet is melancholic, but eventually believes he is truly mad. Hamlet shows his madness to Ophelia by completely changing his feelings toward her and by criticizing her. While Hamlet is talking to Ophelia he says, “You should not have believed me, for virtue cannot so inoculate our old stock but we shall relish of it.

Hamlet is an iconic play by Shakespeare and has been analyzed many times over the years. In the play, Shakespeare demonstrates HAMLET hiding behind supposed insanity, hoping that this will hide his plan to avenge his father’s death. In Act 2, scene 2, King Claudius and Queen Gertrude have summoned Hamlet’s childhood friends Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to court in hopes that they might discover the cause of Hamlet’s recent erratic behavior and madness. They have asked them to spy on Hamlet and report back to Claudius. In return, they would be rewarded a substantial compensation for their services.

Everyone experiences a traumatic event that could define if they stay sane or insane. The main character Hamlet experiences several events that could of left him mad. In the play Hamlet the character Hamlet is mourning his dead father passed away for a supposedly serpent bite. The old King Hamlet’s ghost comes and tells Hamlet that he was poisoned by his brother so he could become king. The ghost tells him to revenge his death, after Hamlet finished talking to the ghost he starts to act unusual, all the other characters notice and they try to figure out why Hamlet is acting strange.