Insanity In Hamlet By William Shakespeare

Hamlet is a product of his circumstance, a porn in his father's twisted scheme. Could it be that he was stripped of his identity that lead to insanity all for his father’s vanity? What father who professed to love their own flesh and blood would ask for their demise for a calamity? Unlike a traditional Shakespearean revenge tragedy, Shakespeare creates the focal character as incapable of being a revenger. The complexity arises when the audience identifies that Hamlet is not fit for such title and the continuation of murder is an act of self sacrifice trading his identity as a humanist for his father’s command. Hence, he cannot deal with the implications and over complicates the situation. It’s noteworthy that Hamlet is Shakespeare's longest play and …show more content…
Moreover, the internal versus external conflict causes Hamlet to slip into a realm of insanity as he questions the morality of his soul. Lastly, through verisimilitude the extent of madness felt for his father is a facade for his obsession with women and moral corruption. Consequently, it is no longer a question about a revenger but the nature of a true revenger. The use of delay is indeed a tool used in Shakespeare to prevail the notion of his humanism versus traditional beliefs. Hamlet attended Wittenberg, the epicentre of Lutheranism. Strengthening his advocacy for humanism, a system focusing on human potential, an era for new learning and questioning the meaning of reason and faith. Therefore the introduction of the ghost is significant “but in the gross and scope of mine opinion,” (1 i 67) the use of hendiadys makes the scene more verbose, posing a degree of complexity to the situation foreshadowing the struggle Hamlet will endure. The interaction between Hamlet and the ghost is tense as Hamlet is aware he cannot follow two doctrines and will have to die to his, to live to his father, which is ironic as living for his father will result in death. “The time