In the play many of the character noted that Hamlet is not mad or crazy. For instance Claudius pointed out that Hamlet was crazy. “There is something in his soul, / O’er which his melancholy sits on brood, / And I do doubt that hatch and the disclose / will be some danger” (Act III, scene 1). The King does not think that Hamlet is insane. He thinks that is something inside of Hamlet that is bothering him. Polonius also stated that Hamlet’s actions have methods to them. He thinks that to every action that is made by Hamlet they are logical (Act II scene 11). Hamlet says himself that he is not mad. He tells Horatio that he is going to fake his madness and that if he notices anything strange it is because he is putting on a good act (Act I scene
