Is hamlet truly mad? A question that has been debated for many years. Many would say that he is mad in this story, but that is with out taking a deeper look in to the story. when we look at the story from begging to end in depth it is hard to tell if he is actually mad or if it is all an act. Hamlet has his moments of true greatness but he also has his moments where he seems insane to say the least.
people believe that the cause of hamlets madness comes from when he sees his fathers ghost ans learns that he had been murdered by his uncle. Many would truly go mad after having this happen to them but that is not the case with Hamlet. After Hamlet swears revenge for his father he says "As i perchance hereafter shall meet think to put an antic disposition on". This Quote is evidence that hamlet isn't really mad and he is just going to act mad for his own benefit.
The next place that we see hamlet isn't mad and we see one of his brightest moments is when he has the players act out the scene of hamlets father murder. If hamlet was actually mad he would have not come up with this brilliant plan to catch his uncle. Now that Hamlet know that what the ghost said was true he can go on with plan and carry out revenge for his father and keep his antic disposition.
i like it...but you need to spell check it.
ReplyDeleteNeeds some work, especially in the capitalization.
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ReplyDeleteI wish I knew who you were so that I could give you credit for this post. Anyway, I think that you've got a good topic--determining whether Hamlet's madness is real, or feigned, or a bit of both. You need to go back over the scenes you've mentioned (as well as some of the ones that you've overlooked) and then decide for yourself what position you wish to argue. Once you've done this, your essay will become a matter of simply taking your reader through each scene and helping him or her reach the same conclusion that you have.