Using the information provided by studies on paranormal activity, the behavior of ghosts supports the claim that Hamlet feigns his madness and that the ghost of King Hamlet has nothing to do with his faked craziness. In Act I, the characters come across the phantom and speculate whether it has good intentions or just wants to cause trouble. According to Ghost Psyches, if the spirit has bad or naughty intentions, it will act lightheartedly mischievous or hostile and malicious, neither of which sums up the ghost’s behavior. Only malicious specters cause madness. One can conclude, then, that the apparition is a mission ghost that only wishes to have its death avenged by Prince Hamlet. Prince Hamlet, then, incorporates feigned insanity into his
