Hamlet’s plan of feigning madness to gain the revenge may seem as though it turned into true madness. While Hamlet may have shown moments of true madness, however, Hamlet’s madness was deliberate and feigned throughout the play.
Hamlet was a man of thought which reflects the first sign that his madness was feigned throughout the play. His thoughts reflect how he would be able to come up with logic and be able to continue in daily life. Him being constantly aware of his own mental processes and forming different plans shows how he is able to realize what he must do and continue to hold on to his sanity. (Tenney, 624) His change of plans of where he will “catch the conscience of the king” (Shakespeare, 119) in the play shows how he understands …show more content…
While there are different types of madness among people, the madness that Ophelia held showed her true nature of madness while Hamlet held onto his sanity. Ophelia’s death reflects how she lost her thoughts to the madness and was not thinking logically unlike Hamlet. How she “fell in the weeping brook. Her clothes spread wide…she chanted snatches of old lauds as one incapable of her own distress” shows how she isn’t aware of her surroundings. (Shakespeare, 235) Anyone who is in the right mind would realize that they may start drowning and try to save themselves. Those trying to commit suicide would also have an idea and feel distress over the death. Her incapability to realize where she is and what is happening to her shows how she isn’t in the right state of mind making her mad. Hamlet did not express that same incapability to realize his situation and state of mind. When asking Guildenstern to “play upon this pipe” (Shakespeare, 159) and how “it is as easy as lying”, it shows how he knew what was going on with the Kings plans. Him being able to mess around with the spies and not be at fault shows how he can be calculating when looking as if insane. His madness has a purpose unlike Ophelia where she expresses true madness. He is the state of mind where he realizes his surrounds and can think for himself on what to do next in his plan of revenge. Ophelia provides a comparison to use with Hamlet to show what true madness is
Hamlet was a man of thought which reflects the first sign that his madness was feigned throughout the play. His thoughts reflect how he would be able to come up with logic and be able to continue in daily life. Him being constantly aware of his own mental processes and forming different plans shows how he is able to realize what he must do and continue to hold on to his sanity. (Tenney, 624) His change of plans of where he will “catch the conscience of the king” (Shakespeare, 119) in the play shows how he understands …show more content…
While there are different types of madness among people, the madness that Ophelia held showed her true nature of madness while Hamlet held onto his sanity. Ophelia’s death reflects how she lost her thoughts to the madness and was not thinking logically unlike Hamlet. How she “fell in the weeping brook. Her clothes spread wide…she chanted snatches of old lauds as one incapable of her own distress” shows how she isn’t aware of her surroundings. (Shakespeare, 235) Anyone who is in the right mind would realize that they may start drowning and try to save themselves. Those trying to commit suicide would also have an idea and feel distress over the death. Her incapability to realize where she is and what is happening to her shows how she isn’t in the right state of mind making her mad. Hamlet did not express that same incapability to realize his situation and state of mind. When asking Guildenstern to “play upon this pipe” (Shakespeare, 159) and how “it is as easy as lying”, it shows how he knew what was going on with the Kings plans. Him being able to mess around with the spies and not be at fault shows how he can be calculating when looking as if insane. His madness has a purpose unlike Ophelia where she expresses true madness. He is the state of mind where he realizes his surrounds and can think for himself on what to do next in his plan of revenge. Ophelia provides a comparison to use with Hamlet to show what true madness is