Hamlet Mentally Sane Analysis

How does one stay mentally sane through the death and disrespect of one's father? This is what Prince Hamlet is going through in the novel, Hamlet, taking place in the late Middle Ages. He becomes depressed after having been called home to Denmark from school in Germany to attend his father's funeral. He finds out, in devesastation, his mother, Queen Gertrude, already remarried with Claudius, the brother of the now dead King Hamlet. Hamlet looks at the situation as a foul and incestuous disaster. Additionally, Hamlet was called to be his father's heir to throne, not Claudius. Hamlet quickly turns insane and begins wishing for his own death, putting an act on everyone, as he "pretends" to act mad, and seeing the ghost of his father, while letting it dictate his life decisions. Through the dying of King Hamlet and throning of Claudius, Hamlet begins to turn insane, as he turns against the majority of his civilization, in order to seek revenge for himself and his family name. One example of Hamlet turning insane is when he thinks over and talks about wanting to die. Once Hamlet's father dies and his mother remarries his uncle, Claudius, Hamlet is living through a world of depression. He begins wishing for harm to himself. Hamlet quietly moans to himself,
"O, that this too too sullied flesh would melt,
Thaw and resolve itself into a dew,
Or that the …show more content…
Nobody else was able to have a full dialogue with this "ghost", so it very well may be just part of Hamlet's imagination. Hamlet, himself, even wonders if he is starting to become evil due to his case of depression. He is now living his life in fear, worried about completing the tasks asked by his dead father. Shakespeare purposely makes the character of Hamlet as such to excite and advance the whole plot. Hamlet is a tragic hero and allows the reader to become fully intrigued with what he is planning on his foes. He is who truly makes this