Hamlet insane
Crazy or just insane? William Shakespeare’s play, Hamlet, is regarded as one of the great literary masterpieces of all time. ... The play, as well as Hamlet himself, have been critiqued, written about and discussed, time and time again by hundreds of people. The fascination with Hamlet seems to be the complexities of his character and explaining why he can not avenge his father’s murder. ... Hamlet’s world before the death of his father was innocent and blissful. He is the Prince of Denmark, son of the great king Hamlet. ... But this world soon dies along with the death of King Hamlet. Two months pass and Hamlet is still in mourning over his father’s death. Hamlet now has endured another problem that has pushed him deeper into depression: His mother’s hasty and incestuous marriage to his father’s brother, Claudius. He feels betrayed and is hurt that his mother has forgotten his father and the love that they once shared, while Hamlet still hasn’t even gotten over his death. In the first act Hamlet is visited by the ghost of his father who tells him that he was murdered by Claudius. The character of the Ghost of Old Hamlet has a minor part in the play but plays a major role in the story. The question throughout the play is whether or not Hamlet will accept the words spoken to him by his father’s ghost. Another question that arises in the story is whether or not Hamlet would be thought of as insane, without the interaction with his dead father. There is the doubt that the appearance of Old Hamlet drives Hamlet to absolute hysteria, and also the doubt that it was all an act as when he stated, “That I essentially am not in madness, but mad in craft” (3. ... Regardless of whether he is indeed insane or not the fact is that this much shock to the system could drive anyone into madness. Now Hamlet’s world is a world of murder, lies and betrayal. ... The ghost of Old Hamlet is in a mid division between heaven and hell, which arises the possibility that there may be the alternate demonic forces at play and not that of the true King in a sort of purgatory. Another thought that arises is whether or not the ghost of old Hamlet misled young Hamlet.