Has Hamlet Gone Nuts?

             Hamlet is not insane. Hamlets' insanity is like a mask, which protects him from Claudius's fury of him. Behind the mask, Hamlet hides the secret of King Hamlet's death, and the promise to the ghost, which Hamlet has to avenge his father's death. His pretending insanity, helps Hamlet to escape from King Claudius's fury of him.
             Hamlets' insanity is a central part in Shakespeare's play Hamlet. All the action in this play is connected with Hamlet's insanity.
             Hamlet is very hurt about his father's death. The ghost says that King Hamlet (Hamlet's father) was murdered by his brother, Claudius, which happened during the night. After that, Claudius marries with Gertrude (Hamlet's mother.) The ghost asks Hamlet to avenge his father's death. Hamlet promises the ghost that he will avenge his father's death. After the ghost leaves, Hamlet asks Horatio (his best friend) and Marcellus, who were the witnesses to the appearance of the ghost, to swear that they will not tell the ghost's secret. "Never make known what you have seen tonight." Hamlet Act.1 Sc.5 p.65 line 160, "My lord, we will not." Horatio/Marcellus, "Nay, but swear't." Hamlet, "In faith, my lord, not I." Horatio, "Nor I, my lord, in faith." Marcellus, "Upon my sword." Hamlet. The decision that Hamlet made, shows us that he is not crazy. He chose the decision like an understanding and caring man. At first, Hamlet was in doubt about what the ghost told him. He would have wanted all the things the ghost told him to be false. He made an analysis on what the ghost told him. "The spirit that I have seen May be a (devil,) and the (devil) hath power T'assume a pleasing shape; yea, and perhaps, Out of my weakness and my melancholy, As he is very potent with such spirits, Abuses me to damn me. I'll have grounds More relative than this. The play's the thing Wherein I'll catch the conscience of the King." Hamlet p.119 Act.2 Sc.2 lines 627-634. In this analysis, Hamlet shows us that he can't bel...

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