As previously explained, Shakespeare’s carefully constructed madness is a direct result of Hamlet’s unwillingness to let the death of his father go without receiving any form of closure. Hamlet’s madness tremendously builds upon itself with each act as Hamlet’s ideas of revenge grow larger and more outlandish. In addition to this, Hamlet lacks the ability to settle with the idea of merely killing his uncle, but feels as though he needs to build suspense and randomness to his killing spree, as it will cause his uncle the most terror and pain humanly possible. Due to the maddening thoughts going awry in his current mind, Hamlet finds that he has either pushed away or scared off all those who used to enjoy and treasure his company. By forcing
