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Is Hamlet insane? ... Throughout the play, there are questions of whether Hamlet is sane or not. ...
Hamlet is not crazy at all. ... Hamlet is still in mourning. ... Upset by his mothers unfaithfulness to his father, Hamlet scorns his mother saying, "frailty, thy name is woman" (I. ... If Hamlet was the only one who saw the ghost, then we could assume that he was mad. The three men witness the ghost before even notifying Hamlet. ... 56-8) All three men are witnesses to the ghost demanding that Hamlet speak alone to it. ... Hamlet barges into Ophelias room and grabs her by the wrists, without saying a word, sighs and leaves. ... Ophelias father, Polonius, believes that Ophelias rejection of Hamlets desire has caused Hamlet to go insane. Then when Hamlet sees Ophelia at the play, hes hurt because shes rejected him, by giving him back his personal belongings and letters that hes written her. ... However, during Ophelias funeral, Hamlet jumps into Ophelias grave, and fights with Laertes. During the fight, Hamlet professes how much he loved her when he says "Forty thousand brothers could not, with all their quantity of love, make up my sum. ...
Another way I can tell that Hamlet is acting, is his strange behavior toward Polonius. ... Hamlet might as well give Polonius something to talk about. ... 199)
Hamlet really seems to be sane when he asks the actors to perform a specific act in the play. The scene will resemble the murder of King Hamlet.
Approximate Word count = 1192
Approximate Pages = 4.8
(250 words per page double spaced)
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