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Has Hamlet Gone Mad? - College Essay

Has Hamlet Gone Mad?

Hamlet was the prince of Denmark, son of the assassi-nated King Hamlet and
Queen Gertrude, and nephew to Claudius. Hamlet, (during the play) goes through
some very troubling situations in which he seems to act in an insane manner.
But I am convinced that he was "…not in madness, but mad in craft." I also
believe that he was a man of high moral standards, in fact higher than most of
the people in Denmark at that time.
Hamlet was bombarded by many situations at the start of the play which
his psyche had to deal with. He was very up-set (as any other person would be)
with his father's murder and, at the same time, his mother's hurried remarriage.

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he had to find a way to solve the apparent problems.
In Act 1, Scene 5, Hamlet while talking to his father's ghost was urged
to avenge the foul murder, but to leave his mother out of it as her guilt would
be punishment enough. GHOST: "Revenge his foul and most unnatural murder. …
Leave her to heaven, and to those thorns that in her bosom lodge to prick and
sting her." The ghost of the previous king gave Hamlet the solution that he
needed. The ghost also be-seeched Hamlet to "…Let not the royal bed of Denmark
be a couch for luxury and damned incest…". This showed that Ham-let was
required to not only restore his honor, but to re-store the honor of all of
Denmark as well! The added burden upon his shoulders caused him to clear from
his mind all but what was necessary to solve his dilemma. This would have
allowed him to think in a rational and sane manner. It also explains why later
he is unable to pursue his relationship with his true love Ophelia, and ...

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