Though many different events almost every character in hamlet goes mad.
hamlet went mad after he saw his dead fathers ghost and if that wasn't the cause of hamlets madness then the act of murder was. Before poloniuses murder hamlet did pretend that he was mad but some times he wasn't pretending and I believe that ophilia was the cause of some of these fits of madness. seeing his dead father got him half way to madness but ophilya pushed him over the edge some times, but then after the murder of polonius and being sent off to England and being marked for dead by claudius sent him into full time madness.
claudius's gilt, over killing his brother, is the main cause for his madness hamlets behaver and the fact that hamlet wanted to kill him just gave that extra push.
one of my favorite phrases is "madness is like gravity all it takes is a little push.
great post wyatt you should get a +A
ReplyDeleteNice work. Remember to capitalize the beginning of sentences.
ReplyDeleteGood Job! you should a specif9c example.quote from the text to show Hamlets madness.
ReplyDeleteWyatt,
ReplyDeleteI agree with those above who feel that you've got a good topic in this issue of whether or not Hamlet is actually mad, just pretending to be mad, or a bit of both. But you haven't really explored this much. You need to go back over all the the scenes you list here (as well as the ones you've overlooked) and consider the evidence Shakespeare offers us concerning the status of Hamlet's madness. Then, based on that evidence, you need to reach a conclusion that will serve as your thesis. This is a good start, but you've got your work cut out for you.