Hamlets Insanity :: essays research papers

village& antiophthalmic factor8217s Insanity& antiophthalmic factorere8230is it solid?     In William Shakespeare& ampere8217s Play settlement, many issues have been brocaded about Hamlet&8217s over all sanity. He has experienced many things that might make genius think he has by foregone crazy, for example, his father&8217s murder, killing Polonius accidentally, and his baffle&8217s abrupt remarriage. Hamlet begins to act shady towards the middle to the force out of the play while talk to early(a)s. In several scenes it appears that Hamlet has gone crazy. Many critics have varying opinions of this issue. Joshua Wells wrote an article that comparing Hamlet&8217s sanity and insanity. Another critic, that did not mention his name, thinks that Hamlet is sane. Hamlet was not actually insane, it was simply a ploy to sample revenge for his father&8217s murder.     Wells, in his article &8220Was Hamlet Mentally Disturbed? stated that Hamlet is unfeignedly insane. In the first act Hamlet appears to be crazy when he hears of his father&8217s murder. He speaks irrationally to Horatio, who comments that Hamlet is speaking &8220 wild and whirling words(I.v.149). Also, Hamlet plays with Horatio and will not tell him what the phantasma told him. Horatio asks Hamlet about the news he heard and Hamlet replies &8220O, wonderful(I.v.130). The news is actually not good news at all. Hamlet then sees the ghost in his mother&8217s chambers, but she can not see it. This is strange because earlier in the play Horatio and the other watchmen could see the ghost. When Hamlet starts a conversation with the ghost, his mother says, &8220Alas, he&8217s mad (III.iv.122).      Hamlet does more or less other actions throughout the play that give the impression that he has gone crazy. One is that his moods change abruptly for no reason. While he is talking to his mother in her chambers, they are speaking calming to each other and then Hamlet starts acting violently towards her. He also jumps on a pirate ship without a second thought or anyone to protect him. At the same time, he has Rosencrantz and Guildenstern killed, even though it was not part of his revenge plan. Finally, Hamlet hides Polonius&8217 body and will not tell anyone where it is. He tells Laertes that he killed Polonius in a fit of hysteria (Wells).      There are many good reasons to believe that Hamlet is truly crazy. He acted rashly and many of his thoughts were random. He did not act as though he had just lost a loved one he acted like the world had come to an end.