Feigned madness

“There need he no doubt, then, that Hamlet's madness was really feigned. He saw much to be gained by it, and to this end, he did many things that the persons of the drama must construe as madness”(Crawford). He appeared to be mad for the main objective to throw everyone of suspicion off course while gaining evidence to build a case against Claudius. Upon Hamlet’s return

he expresses near the beginning of the play as he battles the pain of his father’s death in the first act, “How stale, flat, and unprofitable/ Seem to me all the uses of this world!”(1.2.137-138) Prior to this soliloquy, Hamlet had been feigning “madness” in front of his mother and Claudius as a means of investigating his father’s murder. During his speech, King Claudius and his advisor Polonius are secretly watching Hamlet. For the first time, Claudius shows signs of suspicion after the soliloquy

most observed character throughout the play. Claudius first calls upon two of Hamlet's old friends, Rozencrantz and Guildenstern. He asks them to try to find the source of Hamlet's "madness". Polonius and the King himself later spy on Hamlet. This time, they use Ophelia to try to expose the reason of Hamlet's "madness". Another spy scene occurs in the Closet Scene when Polonius eavesdrops on Hamlet and the Queen. This proves fatal for the old lord chamberlain.

In this story Hamlet, by William Shakespeare, there was an excessive deal of questions surrounding Hamlet’s mental state. Claudius’s nephew hadn’t been the same since his father passed away. It’s been up for discussion as if he’s actually senseless surrounding the death, or the wedding between his mom and uncle. Gertrude and the King married approximately a month or two after the funeral. At this point it’s not actually established what the cause of his actions is. Was Hamlet at fault for Polonius’s

Over the centuries, many writers, thinkers, and students have studied the works of William Shakespeare. One of the most analyzed plays in history is Shakespeare’s tragedy, Hamlet. The most common topic of scrutiny is Hamlet’s insanity. Is Hamlet’s madness a reality, or is it actually a clever the clever plan he leads us to believe it is? This ambiguous play allows the reader to pass his or her own judgment on Hamlet’s mentality, which in turn causes much confusion as to what the correct diagnosis is

stated himself multiple times that he was not truly insane, very prominently so to Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, and to Gertrude. Even though he had confidence in front of everyone else and did state to others on his own will that he was faking his madness, he was, like anyone else, his own worst critic and did not believe the bravado and "act" he was convincing others with in his ploy. Even though others would think that Hamlet was completely absorbed in carrying out his father's word and his own vow

Marcellus swear by Hamlet’s sword that they will not tell a soul about Hamlet’s encounter with the ghost. Hamlet’s paranoia begins consuming him and draws great concern from his mother. His plan to catch his father’s murder seems to be working, but the madness begins to devour Hamlet’s senses. Concerned for her son, Gertrude confides in Polonius, counselor to the King. They meet in her chambers talk about Hamlets strange behavior toward them. Hamlet rushes in to speak with his mother while Polonius

main catalyst for Hamlet’s story. Jeffrey Wilson describes the causal events in the play as the murder of Hamlet and the appearance of the ghost causing “the Ghost to task Hamlet with revenge, which led Hamlet-after all the business with the feigned madness, the royal surveillance, the existential waffling, and the Mousetrap-to kill Polonius thinking it was Claudius” (19). This downward spiral of events, resulting from King Hamlet’s defeat of Fortinbras but also the fault of Claudius the murderer

Hamlet, the broody teenager of the stage, philosophizes life and death within the play Hamlet but it is his fear of religious damnation that gives him his various answers. Many characters in the play Hamlet find themselves questioning different things or actions and after weighing all their moral options it is their religion that gives the final say in what answer they end up with. King Claudius, after killing his brother, takes the throne but King Hamlet returns as a ghost and asks his son to seek

he was mad, as a facade with the purpose of masking the change in his personality due to his recently acquired knowledge of his father's murder. Hamlet is perfectly able to function and think clearly even directly after an episode of “perceived” madness. Hamlet appears to his mother to be “Mad as the sea and wind”(4.1.6-12) but a truly insane person would not understand what actions are abnormal, Hamlet had no trouble understanding how his actions are perceived as abnormal. At times Hamlet appears