IS HAMLET MAD? by Sandra Sullivan

2024-02-01 14:32:36 UTC

He says is it not strange that my uncle is the king

Nope

2024-02-01 14:33:56 UTC

Hamlet already knows the truth about why King Claudius sent Rosencrantz and Guildenstern out to spy on him. King Claudius wants to be sure that Hamlet hasn’t made any efforts on revenge against him.

2024-02-01 14:34:18 UTC

He is just going through a lot mentally with everything on his plate. He is not the most stable, but has definitely not gone mad.

2024-02-01 14:34:29 UTC

No he knows what’s happening around him and the ghosts instructions. So he’s not crazy just depressed and sad

Yes

2024-02-01 14:34:32 UTC

He is mad because he is lashing out whether that be with his parents or friends. In the beginning he is upset with his mother for marrying his uncle and lashes out because they did not grieve as long as him. He also gets mad at his friends for visiting him and questions why they are really here multiple times. He also calls Polonius a fishmonger. He is angry at King Claudius for killing his father.

2024-02-01 14:34:37 UTC

Yes he is mad , Hamlet is going through a lot with his family , his father , and now people are spying on him to check on him to make sure he isn’t trying to get revenge

YES

2024-02-01 14:34:45 UTC

I think Hamlet is mad because of his conversation with polonius and his friends. In his interaction with polonius he calls him a fish monger, doesn’t remember that his daughter is Ophelia, and goes on a crazy rant about the book he entered reading upside down. In his conversation with his friends, sent by the king to spy on him, he compares Denmark to prison. He also seems to already know they were sent to spy on him.

2024-02-01 14:35:37 UTC

he purposefully puts on "antic disposition" after a meeting with the ghost™. he knows his uncle has eyes on him, and he clearly doesn't want anyone to know what he's planning. his act is just that; an act

He is not mad

2024-02-01 14:35:56 UTC

Hamlet is not mad in the story. From the end of the first act it is said that he is put on an “antic disposition” to seem crazy which can explain his actions in the second act. Hamlet is simply trying to deceive others into thinking he is crazy. There are many possible benefits of seeming crazy to his peers. Regardless of his actions he is able to reason soundly such as when he was able to discover his friends motives quickly.

2024-02-01 14:36:15 UTC

Hamlet is just depressed about how his mother moved on so quick with his father and he has nobody to mourn with. Now he meets his fathers ghosts and has to hold the secret so he can’t find himself but he isn’t mad.

2024-02-01 14:36:31 UTC

No , he is handling the death of his father accordingly listening to the instructions he was given. If he gone mad he would’ve already killed his uncle by now.