Hamlet’s behavior throughout the play is extremely puzzling and many may wonder if his strange antics are genuine or fabricated. In several ways Hamlet’s insane behavior is fabricated, as he is overly analytical about the death of his father at the hands of his treacherous uncle, King Claudius. Hamlet often fears the consequences of taking responsibility for killing his uncle, which define a profound sense of morbidity and procrastination. These factors define the overtly philosophical mindset of
scholars such as Nietzsche and Goethe writing in-depth papers about their analysis of Hamlet’s sanity. Very few believe that Hamlet is truly mad, but there are some who do believe that Hamlet is truly insane. Hamlet was not born with inherent madness, but the knowledge of the true circumstances of his father’s death and Hamlet’s inability to commit to killing the king did indeed cause his insanity. The catalyst that caused his insanity was seeing the apparition of his deceased father, the late king of Denmark
of a true friend being Hamlet’s only real friend in the play. Thesis Statement - Horatio is a significant role because he is Hamlet’s only real friend. Supporting Point 1 - Loyal,
many central themes surrounding an incestuous marriage, a villainous murder, and the disruption of order and hierarchy. Many of the play’s central themes include suicide, insanity, perception of life, and the supernatural, which are a result of dealing with corruption and the hardships of life. William Shakespeare utilizes Hamlet’s infamous soliloquy that contemplates bearing the agony of life (“to be”) and facing the mystery of death (“not to be”) all while perfectly encapsulating the major arguments
Hamlet, the major theme of appearance versus reality in the play, and the suspicious purposefulness of Hamlet's apparent madness, one can ultimately determine that Hamlet is sane. In order to determine Hamlet's sanity, it is first important to look into his character. Hamlet's most noteworthy character trait is that he is enigmatic. It is impossibly difficult to establish a complete character analysis of Hamlet. There is more to him
whether or not the ghost is a figment of Hamlet’s imagination or if Shakespeare intended the ghost to be an actual entity in the play that does not merely dwell in the mind of Hamlet. Various sources of evidence within the play itself appear at a first glance to support the idea that because the ghost only speaks to Hamlet that he has been driven to the point of insanity by the events which have recently unfolded around him. However, through a more profound analysis of these components in the play, the
Hamlet is a story with a vast amount of ambiguities such as Hamlet’s insanity, incestuous relationships, and the analysis of the last scene. One of the more controversial ambiguities is Claudius’ guilt of the murder of King Hamlet Sr. There are important details to pay attention to that help indicate Claudius is the murderer. The Ghost tells Hamlet that he was murdered by Claudius. Claudius also had a good personal motive and reason to. Claudius also reacts in such a way that proves his guiltiness
overbearing love of her father. Throughout the course of the play, the audience is able to see how sheltered and submissive to her father (and frankly every other character) she is. After her father dies and with her brother being gone, Ophelia gives into insanity and eventually drowns near the end of the play. Obviously, Ophelia was not just born naturally as submissive as she was, her passive demeanor is a learned behavior. Like so many children learn from their parents, Ophelia likely learned this behavior