Hamlet: The Man behind the Madness Essay -- ophelia, shakespeare

What drives Hamlet to his lyssa? How does it relate to Ophelias furiousness? Are Hamlet and Ophelia both truly raw? These are rough questions that I contemplated as I read Hamlet. The main case, Hamlet feigns madness after learning of his fathers hit however, he becomes mad later on in the play. Is it possible that Hamlet became so mantled up in his fathers murder that he was uneffective to distinguish fantasy from reality?At the beginning of the play, Hamlet has well-read that his brother, the newly king, Claudius, murdered his father. In Christian Wertenbaker What is the riddle in small town? (Sirs.com, 2011) it is stated, From then on, Hamlet has to find his own way. He has become a seeker of truth. Unless he verifies the facts for himself, he cannisternot do the act (1). This shows that Hamlet cant back away from what he is meant to do. In his eyes he sees himself as being chosen to avenge his father. In fact, Hamlet proclaims, The date is out of joint. O, cursed sprit , That ever I was born to set it mighty (I. V. 207-208) Already Hamlet is stressed out by his misfortune. He sees no other option, only to kill his uncle. After his meeting with the ghost, Hamlet becomes obsess with death. It is obvious that Hamlet is wrestling with the idea of whether or not he can commit the act. At this point he is capable of reasoning, but prior to this he was wily enough to invent his false madness. He has not lost his ability to discriminate right from wrong therefore, he is not mad. To be mad a person loses total reasoning. alleviate he is determined to discover whether or not Claudius did really murder his father. So, Hamlet organizes a play that reveals the truth about his fathers death. This play serves as a strategy to force Claudi... ...f action pretend been eaten up by thought, he to whom the universe seems infinite, and himself nothing whose bitterness 75 of consciousness makes him careless of consequences, and who goes to a play as his best res ource is to compact off, to a second remove, the evils of life by a mock theatrical of them - this is the true Hamlet (2). To me this means that Hamlet is what the audience or endorser makes him to be. He is not mad, but a part of everyone. He is seen in the audience. This play contains a truth, the truth of life. Hamlets character contains many feelings that are shared such as sorrow, dread, and lonely. For Hamlets character lives through the reader.Works Cited Shakespeare, William. The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark Literature An Introduction to Reading and Writing. Ed. Edgar V. Roberts. 9th Ed. tender York Pearson Longman, 2009. Print