e learns Claudius, the new King of Denmark, is solely responsible for his father's "foul and most unnatural murder". Hamlet claims that he is told to seek revenge for his father's death by mur!
             Hamlet's condition persists, gradually getting worse, as he becomes increasingly more aggressive and violent. His behavior towards Ophelia, the woman he loves, becomes erratic. He has violent outbursts towards his mother, and kills various members of the castle without explanation. Hamlet is clearly out of control, and is in need of a psychological evaluation. This is the result of his fragile personality being confronted with a great deal of anguish. Hamlet's madness is apparent even before he sees the ghost of his father. At the start of the play, Hamlet is shown to be . The queen encourages him to look to the future, and to cease his grieving, for she believes it is false. Hamlet responds angrily to her suggestion: "But I have within which passeth show; these but the trappings and the suits of woe." Hamlet's strained relationship with Claudius is now evident as he comments on his mother's marriage, "It is not nor it cannot come to good". This line sets a portentous pr!
             ediction for the course of the play, as Hamlet struggles between emotion and sobriety in order to enact revenge on his father's death. Hamlet's encounter with the ghost of his father considerably changes his disposition, and his actions become more bizarre. He has the unique ability to communicate to his father by talking to a ghost; his
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