Madness and Insanity in Shakespeares Hamlet - From Obsession to Insani

From Obsession to derangement in hamlet In Shakespe bes play hamlet, there are some(prenominal) questions that come to the readers mind regarding the emotional state of hamlet. Was village re aloney trauma from madness, as many of his friends and family thought? Was he mad or unsloped misrepresent to be mad? Did crossroads start out pretending to be mad, and his obsession drove him to madness? The reader gets insight into Hamlets rational status through other characters and through Hamlet himself. If the characters had the information that Hamlet had about the murder of his father, would they have thought differently of his actions and his sanity? aboriginal in the play, King Claudius and Queen Gertrude show their concern for Hamlets emotional state. Hamlet had just recently lost his father and his mother had married his fathers brother. When Claudius asks Hamlet How is it that the clouds still hang on you? (1.2.66), he is attempting to determine why Hamlet is sad or depressed. At this point the reader does not follow through any signs of madness but is starting to see that Hamlet isnt his plebeian self. After Claudius and Gertrude leave there is a chance to see how Hamlet really feels. In talking to himself, Hamlet states O that this also too sullied flesh would melt, Thaw and resolve itself into dew, Or that the Everlasting had not fixd His canyon gainst self-slaughter. O God God How weary, stale flat, and unprofitable Seem to me all the uses of this world (1.2.129-133) Here you begin to get a glimpse of the tempestuousness that Hamlet is going through. But at this point there are legi... ...peare. Ed. Gerald Chapman. Princeton, NJ Princeton University Press, 1965. Epstein, Norrie. One of Destinys Casualties. Readings on Hamlet. Ed. Don Nardo. San Diego Greenhaven Press, 1999. Rpt. of The Friendly Shakespeare A thoroughly Painless to the Best of the Bard. New York Viking Penguin, 1993. p. 332-34. Gooch, Bryan N. S. Review of The Shapes of Revenge Victimization, Vengeance, and Vindictiveness in Shakespeare. Early Modern Literary Studies 4.1 (May, 1998) 5.1-6 http//purl.oclc.org/emls/04-1/rev_goo6.html. Gordon, Edward J. Introduction to Tragedy. Rochelle Park, NJ Hayden Book Co., Inc., 1973. Jorgensen, capital of Minnesota A. Hamlet. William Shakespeare the Tragedies. Boston Twayne Publ., 1985. N. pag. http//www.freehomepages.com/hamlet/other/jorg-hamlet.html Shakespeare, William. Hamlet. Ed. T. J. B. Spencer. New York Penguin, 1996.