For someone to be deemed insane, there are many things to be considered. For one, the person must have the “inability to distinguish fantasy from reality”, they also must be free from mental derangement; having a sound, healthy mind. The traditional test of insanity in criminal cases is whether the accused knows the difference between right and wrong following the “M’Naghten Rule” from 19th Century England.
Hamlet is a sane man throughout the entirety of the play. It was his consistent cleverness that is the ultimate evidence of his complete sanity. A genuinely insane person does not have the ability to think logically. Hamlet is brilliant, as he devises and carries out his master plan.
In the beginning scenes, Hamlet tells Horatio of …show more content…
These characters include Polonius, Claudius, Gertrude, Ophelia, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. Although around Horatio, Bernardo, Francisco, the players and the gravediggers Hamlet keeps a strong composer. The difference in attitude and actions is different between characters. This can be displayed when Hamlet speaks to Ophelia. Hamlet truly loves Ophelia and it is seen when she is being buried. “Be buried quick with her, and so will I” (Shakespeare V.I.296). Hamlet expresses how disappointed he is over losing her, and that he is just as sad as Laertes. Although, in order to be successful in his plan to kill King Claudius he must mask his true mission from Ophelia, since she has ties to Polonius. When he acts in an errotic manner towards Ophelia in that last scene it proves it was entirely an act of deception.
On occasions when Hamlet is in contact with either Horatio, Bernardo, Francisco, the players and the gravediggers Hamlet is calm and could be considered a completely normal person. Only a person that was truly sane and had a definite purpose behind a feigned madness could pull off such an elaborate scheme.
For the audience to better understand insanity. Shakespeare gives an example of a character in which undergoes an extreme case of insanity. After being rejected by Hamlet and the Death of her father, Ophelia begins to show symptoms of someone who is becoming
Hamlet is a sane man throughout the entirety of the play. It was his consistent cleverness that is the ultimate evidence of his complete sanity. A genuinely insane person does not have the ability to think logically. Hamlet is brilliant, as he devises and carries out his master plan.
In the beginning scenes, Hamlet tells Horatio of …show more content…
These characters include Polonius, Claudius, Gertrude, Ophelia, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. Although around Horatio, Bernardo, Francisco, the players and the gravediggers Hamlet keeps a strong composer. The difference in attitude and actions is different between characters. This can be displayed when Hamlet speaks to Ophelia. Hamlet truly loves Ophelia and it is seen when she is being buried. “Be buried quick with her, and so will I” (Shakespeare V.I.296). Hamlet expresses how disappointed he is over losing her, and that he is just as sad as Laertes. Although, in order to be successful in his plan to kill King Claudius he must mask his true mission from Ophelia, since she has ties to Polonius. When he acts in an errotic manner towards Ophelia in that last scene it proves it was entirely an act of deception.
On occasions when Hamlet is in contact with either Horatio, Bernardo, Francisco, the players and the gravediggers Hamlet is calm and could be considered a completely normal person. Only a person that was truly sane and had a definite purpose behind a feigned madness could pull off such an elaborate scheme.
For the audience to better understand insanity. Shakespeare gives an example of a character in which undergoes an extreme case of insanity. After being rejected by Hamlet and the Death of her father, Ophelia begins to show symptoms of someone who is becoming