Madness and Insanity in Shakespeares Hamlet Essay -- Essays on Shakesp

settlement - A query of Madness small towns public persona is a facade he has created to direct out his ulterior motives. The outside worlds perception of him as being sick of(p) is of his own design. Hamlet is deciding what he wants others to think about him. Polonius, a close confidant of the might, is the leading person responsible for the publics knowledge of Hamlets craze. The liking that Hamlet is mad centers around the fact that he talks to the cutaneous senses of his dead father. He communicates with his dead fathers ghost twice, in the presence of his friends and once more in the presence of his mother. By being in public when lecture to the ghost, the rumor of his madness is given substance. Polonius decides to go to Hamlets mother, the Queen, in Act II to tell her that her noble son is mad (105). Aware of what has been going on with Hamlet, the Queen questions Polonius. In his response, Polonius continues to proclaim That hes mad, tis true. Tis true, tis pit y, / And pity tis tis true - a incorrect figure (105). Although not believing it in her heart, the Queen later admits that Hamlet may be mad. After their conversation, Hamlet enters and has his own conversation with Polonius. During this conversation, Hamlet falsely labels Plonius as a fishmonger. Hamlet knows that Polonius will tell others of the infatuated identity specifically, he knows Polonius will report it to the King. Polonius believes Hamlets insanity is related to commove therefore, he is concerned with Hamlets relationship with his daughter, Ophelia. Hamlets relationship and actions towards Ophelia are not exonerate from his dual personalities. In private, he is deeply devoted to her but in public, he humiliates and belittles her... ... are dead at the end of the consort. If Hamlet had not chosen to pretend to be mad, the outcome of the events would probably of been different. Hamlets quest of destroying the King is selfish, in that it affects the innocent as wel l as the guilty. Hamlets false madness finally brings about true madness at the end of the play that is inescapable. Works Cited and Consulted http//shakespeare.about.com/library/blhamlet_2_2.htm Bloom, Harold. Introduction. Modern Critical Interpretations Hamlet. Ed. Harold Bloom. New York Chelsea House Publishers, 1986. Bradley, A.C.. Shakespearian Tragedy Lectures on Hamlet, Othello, King Lear and Macbeth. New York Penguin Books, 1991. Mack, Maynard. The World of Hamlet. Yale Review. vol. 41 (1952) p. 502-23. Rpt. in Readings on The Tragedies. Ed. Clarice Swisher. San Diego Greenhaven Press, 1996.