Hamlet
Hamlet is faking madness to confuse his enemies so he can get his revenge. "As I perchance hereafter shall think meet to put an antic disposition on"(1.5.191-192). Hamlet is telling Horatio and Marcellus that he may choose to act mad in the future. Several times in the play, it is told to us that Hamlet will seem mad but in reality he is sane. Hamlet would want to act insane for several reasons. If he is thought to be insane, no one will pay much attention to his actions. He will be able to get his revenge without any interference. Hamlet also needed time to prove that Claudius killed his father. It would have been hard to wait for proof he needed if people knew what he was planning. They would have tried to stop him if they knew her was waiting for a reason to murder the king. If Claudius had always known what Hamlet knew he would have sent Hamlet to be killed even earlier.
He would have killed Claudius as soon as the ghost told him that he murdered his father. After Hamlet finds out from his "mouse-trap" play that Claudius did kill King Hamlet he goes to kill him but changes his mind. He asks the players to perform a scene where a king is murdered. Hamlet decides to wait until Claudius has committed a sin so he will go to hell. He behaves logically and rationally. Hamlet plans out everything before he does it. Madmen do not make plans and do not wait for proof. More so than any other character in the play. There is a definite method to his madness. They would have just killed him because they wanted their revenge so badly. He plans out oll of his actions ahead of time. Hamlet is planning again like he always is. He acts crazy and plans his revenge.
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