Is Hamlet Insane Research Paper

Gianna Llamas Mr. Sathea ERWC 12 10 April 2024.

Is Hamlet Insane. Hamlet has gone mad. It is unfortunate that he has lost his sanity, especially because it is not his fault. Hamlet is the only one, besides King Claudius, that knows how Hamlet Sr. died, and his mother and the king are newly married. He is also trying to cope with the fact that he lost a woman he loved, Ophelia. Hamlet even goes on to talk about how he has thought about self-inflicted death. All of these aspects of Hamlet’s life create a giant problem for him to handle on his own, with no one to talk to.

Hamlet talks to his dead father’s ghost in the woods when it is revealed that he, Hamlet Sr., was murdered by his own brother. The Ghost retells the story when he says, “Ghost: You should know, my noble son, the real snake that stung your father is now wearing his crown. Hamlet: O my prophetic soul! My uncle?”1.5.38-42. When the truth is

Both Laertes and Polonius, Ophelia’s brother and father, were quite skeptical about Hamlet. Polonius even forbade Ophelia from seeing him ever again. Both Hamlet and Ophelia were heartbroken by this. With everything going on in Hamlet’s life, this was just another burden that he had to deal with alone. At one point, Ophelia tries to give Hamlet his belongings back, but he refuses and smacks all the objects out of Ophelia’s hands onto the ground in frustration. Hamlet proceeds with “You should not have believed me, for virtue cannot so inoculate our old stock, but we shall relish it. I love you not.” 3.1.119-121. This shows that his madness has gone as far as saying he never loved Ophelia. In Act 3 scene 1, Hamlet begins blaming women for all the problems in the world. He starts off with “...You jig and amble, and you lisp, you nickname God’s creatures and make your wantonness your ignorance... I say, we will have no more marriages.” 3.1.143-147. Hamlet believes that women are to blame for