Hamlet : Is He Mad or Nah?
There are many arguments about whether or not Hamlet was mad. Finding articles and college papers have taken argued as whether Hamlet was mad or not., Blending these articles, papers, and facts to prove the point and to support their belief. This paper will prove the point that Hamlet was on the verge of going insane, possibly suffering schizophrenia, bipolar, or just a nervous breakdown. We will measure all these against the text to see which one of these disorders fits Hamlet best. Many scholars, from Yale to Harvard, state that he had gone mad, but in as we can recalling in the play Polonius states “Though this be madness, yet there is method in’t” (act 2.2). Many remember when in act 2 scene 1, Hamlet running …show more content…
Adding to his father’s death, his mother has already moved on and could have possibly already been messing around, as Hamlet states “O God, a beast that wants discourse of reason would have mourned longer!”(act 1.2), we can dedicate that Hamlet was already dealing with some high level stress and so pretty big hurt. Hamlet has to deal with his lover Ophelia and their forbidden love. Polonius and Laertes tells Ophelia that Hamlet just wants to sleep with her, and that she should break up with him. He 's out of her league and Ophelia agrees when her father orders her to stop seeing Hamlet(act 1.3). In a situation set up by her father, Ophelia talks to Hamlet for the first time in weeks. He is cold, tells her he didn 't love her, and then says, "Get thee to a nunnery." Ophelia thinks he 's gone totally bonkers and is justifiably upset by his behavior(act 2.3). Hamlet has found out there is a ghost of his father wanting him to get revenge on the new found king, also Hamlet’s long time friends, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, have come back into the picture but not in the way you would think! Infact his friends are there to betray him for King Claudius and Gertrude to notice them and give them glory and riches in which is promised to them if they spy on Hamlet and to escort him to England. Finally last but not least of the problems Hamlet is dealing with as stated before in the text King Claudius his planning to get rid of Hamlet. In ways of sending Hamlet off to England to be killed with an ax that was not even sharpened because he wanted him gone and out of his way fast, yet in turn Hamlet finds the letter Claudius has made for the ambassador of England to see, changes the names to Rosencrantz and Guildenstern there for making the letter state to kill them instead and Hamlet jumps on to a pirates boat and goes back to Denmark without any trouble. (act 4.2-3). Hamlet has to find a way to
There are many arguments about whether or not Hamlet was mad. Finding articles and college papers have taken argued as whether Hamlet was mad or not., Blending these articles, papers, and facts to prove the point and to support their belief. This paper will prove the point that Hamlet was on the verge of going insane, possibly suffering schizophrenia, bipolar, or just a nervous breakdown. We will measure all these against the text to see which one of these disorders fits Hamlet best. Many scholars, from Yale to Harvard, state that he had gone mad, but in as we can recalling in the play Polonius states “Though this be madness, yet there is method in’t” (act 2.2). Many remember when in act 2 scene 1, Hamlet running …show more content…
Adding to his father’s death, his mother has already moved on and could have possibly already been messing around, as Hamlet states “O God, a beast that wants discourse of reason would have mourned longer!”(act 1.2), we can dedicate that Hamlet was already dealing with some high level stress and so pretty big hurt. Hamlet has to deal with his lover Ophelia and their forbidden love. Polonius and Laertes tells Ophelia that Hamlet just wants to sleep with her, and that she should break up with him. He 's out of her league and Ophelia agrees when her father orders her to stop seeing Hamlet(act 1.3). In a situation set up by her father, Ophelia talks to Hamlet for the first time in weeks. He is cold, tells her he didn 't love her, and then says, "Get thee to a nunnery." Ophelia thinks he 's gone totally bonkers and is justifiably upset by his behavior(act 2.3). Hamlet has found out there is a ghost of his father wanting him to get revenge on the new found king, also Hamlet’s long time friends, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, have come back into the picture but not in the way you would think! Infact his friends are there to betray him for King Claudius and Gertrude to notice them and give them glory and riches in which is promised to them if they spy on Hamlet and to escort him to England. Finally last but not least of the problems Hamlet is dealing with as stated before in the text King Claudius his planning to get rid of Hamlet. In ways of sending Hamlet off to England to be killed with an ax that was not even sharpened because he wanted him gone and out of his way fast, yet in turn Hamlet finds the letter Claudius has made for the ambassador of England to see, changes the names to Rosencrantz and Guildenstern there for making the letter state to kill them instead and Hamlet jumps on to a pirates boat and goes back to Denmark without any trouble. (act 4.2-3). Hamlet has to find a way to