What Is Hamlet Insanity

In today’s society, humans tend to grieve over every tragic event that happens over a lifetime. When significant events, such as deaths and sicknesses, are brought upon a person, he truly loses a sense of hope in the world. The play Hamlet is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare. When Hamlet is called home to Denmark, from his school in Germany, for his father’s funeral he is shocked to find his mother already remarried. Although Hamlet is mad throughout the entire play because of this tragic event, at first his insanity is tolerable because of the amount of grief he is experiencing, but in the end, the insanity takes over and he becomes truly insane. As soon as Hamlet returns home from Denmark he is hit with socking news that allows grief to overcome his mind and body throughout the play. Major politically changes are happening in his society that are bringing him to this point. Some of the main tragic events include his father’s death and finding his mother who is already remarried to her dead husband’s brother, Claudius, which makes him politically the new …show more content…
He brings about inconsistent thoughts and feelings as if he is “suffering from some sort of malady, either outright insanity or a neurosis, weakness, or a ‘tragic flaw’” (Utter 138). His love for Ophelia is extremely inconsistent and he does not accept nor realize his own insanity, which is a sign of mental distress. Hamlet has no value of his own life. Not often do people besides the insane consider taking their own lives away. He also shows a sign of mental insanity after killing three men. Not only does he murder Polonius, Laertes, and Claudius, but he shows no sign of remorse following the events. Whether it is killing people or constantly looking for revenge, Hamlet makes it known that he is unable to make rational decisions or maintain rational thoughts, just as an insane person cannot