Essay On Insanity In Hamlet

Hamlet’s Insanity There have been many arguments as to if Hamlet is insane or not. This is a topic that a lot of people have concerns about. Some believe that Hamlet has always been insane because he has really negative thoughts in his own soliloquy when he is talking to himself. Others say that he was never insane at all and he was just acting it all out as a part of his plan that nobody could know of. At the beginning of the play, Hamlet does not seem to have any negative thoughts about himself. Hamlet has a positive attitude for the most part he seems to be normal and does not have any big problem with anyone. He was acted as a normal person throughout the very beginning of the play it was just a matter of time until Hamlet snapped. The …show more content…
In the Hamlet’s soliloquy it seems as if Hamlet is actually insane even though he says it is all part of his plan to seem insane so that nobody knows what he is really planning for. When Hamlet is all by himself and he starts having these suicidal thoughts it seems as if Hamlet actually is really insane and not just mad. Hamlet’s suicidal thoughts cause a big controversial issue. All of these thoughts of suicide gathered up in Hamlet’s head is causing him to become extremely depressed which leads him to be insane. In the play Hamlet says, “O, that this this too too solid flesh would melt, /Thaw and resolve itself into a dew! / Or that the everlasting had not fix’d/ His canon ‘gainst self-slaughter! O God! God!” (1.2.129-132) Here Hamlet is trying to say that he wished that his body would just melt and turn into water and become like dew and wish that god had not made self-slaughter a sin. It makes it seem that Hamlet in fact is insane because he keeps thinking about committing suicide over and over again. Hamlet seems to have too many negative thoughts about his personal life. It shows that Hamlet in fact is insane because he keeps on having these suicidal thoughts. Hamlet cannot seem to control his anger towards his father 's