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Hamlet- Mad or Mad or Revenge? The term insanity means a mental disorder,
whether it is temporary or permanent, that is used to ...
... of foul play Hamlet might make, and Hamlet was eager to act as if he was mad in
order to get closer to Claudius so he could take his revenge for his father's ...
... is not mad but rather he just pretends to be mad in order ... r]evenge his foul and most
unnatural murder." Thus Hamlet has his quest; to revenge the death of ...
... Sure, Hamlet's actions throughout the play make him seem mad, but in reality, this
madness was just a tactic of his in his plan to get revenge for his father's ...
... Sure, Hamlet's actions throughout the play make him seem mad, but in reality, this
madness was just a tactic of his in his plan to get revenge for his father's ...
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The term insanity means a mental disorder, whether it is temporary or permanent, that is used to describe a person when they don't know the difference between right or wrong. They don't consider the nature of their actions due to the mental defect. In William Shakespeare's play Hamlet, Shakespeare leads his readers to believe that the main character, Hamlet, might be insane. There are many clues that suggest Hamlet is mad, but in fact he is completely sane.
Throughout the play Hamlet makes wise decisions to prove he is not insane. He knows exactly what his plans and actions leading are leading up to. He just delays to act due to his indecisiveness. An example of this is in Act III, section III, line 73, Hamlet says:
"Now might I do it pat, now 'a is a-praying, and now I'll do it-and so a goes to heaven, and so am I revenged that would be scanned. A villain kills my father, and for that, I, his sole son, do this same villain send to heaven. Why, this is hire and salary, not revenge."
He says here that he has his chance to kill his father's murder but, he is praying. By killing him while he's praying his soul goes to heaven and this wouldn't be revenge. This is not a thought of an insane person. A madman would have completed the murder at this opportune moment. In Act III, scene I, line 55, "To be or not to be..." Hamlet displays his indecisiveness by thinking about suicide because of the situation he is in. He would rather be dead than live with the thought of his father's death going unavenged. He is afraid to seek revenge because he spoke with an apparition in the form of his father and doesn't know what to do. Thus conscience takes a major part in the thought and action of murder. This is why he waits so long to commit the murder. An insane person wouldn't wait. He would be more apt to act on instict.
Hamlet's madness only exists when he is in the presence of certain characters. When Hamlet is around Polonius, Claudius,...
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