Was Hamlet Really Mad Essay

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While most people believe that Hamlet went mad for one reason, being that he saw his father's ghost, what Hamlet actually did was convince those around him that he was mad. When in reality, he was only pretending to be mad for one reason which was that he was seeking revenge for his father and Uncle, all he can think about is blood. He says, “O, this time forth, my thoughts be bloody, or be nothing worth.”1 This is the indication that he has made a decision. He mentions that if you only think about what you want, rather than act upon it, you will never get it. Every character that had anything to do with Hamlet believed that he was truly mad. This was confirmed when Hamlet claimed to have seen his father’s ghost. For a more in depth example, …show more content…

After Hamlet’s father’s ghost appeared to Hamlet, telling Hamlet that he wants Hamlet to get revenge for him. "Revenge his foul and most unnatural murder."4 Hamlet makes getting revenge for his father the most important thing in his life. Hamlet agreed to do what the ghost asked because Hamlet was seeking revenge for himself as well as his father. Hamlet was angered by his mother’s quick marriage to Claudius. The reason that Claudius makes the quick marriage worse, is because Claudius is the one that killed Hamlet’s father. We learn this when Hamlet’s father’s ghost tells him this by saying, "Thus was I, sleeping, by a brother's hand Of life, of crown, of queen, at once …show more content…

“O, this time forth, my thoughts be bloody, or be nothing worth.” – Hamlet, line 3 of Act 4, Scene 4,.
2. “Ay, truly; for the power of beauty will sooner transform honesty from what it is to a bawd than the force of honesty can translate beauty into his likeness: this was sometime a paradox, but now the time gives it proof. I did love you once.” – Hamlet, line 114 of Act 3, Scene 1.
3. “Now might I do it pat, now he is praying; And now I'll do't. And so he goes to heaven; And so am I revenged. That would be scann'd: A villain kills my father; and for that, I, his sole son, do this same villain send To heaven.” – Hamlet, line 1 of Act 3, scene 3.
4. "Revenge his foul and most unnatural murder." – Hamlet ghost, Act 1, scene 5, page 14

5. "Thus was I, sleeping, by a brother's hand Of life, of crown, of queen, at once dispatch'd." – Hamlet senior ghost, Act 1, scene 5, page 14

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1. “O, this time forth, my thoughts be bloody, or be nothing worth.” – Hamlet, line 3 of Act 4, Scene 4,.
2. “Ay, truly; for the power of beauty will sooner transform honesty from what it is to a bawd than the force of honesty can translate beauty into his likeness: this was sometime a paradox, but now the time gives it proof. I did love you once.” – Hamlet, line 114 of Act 3, Scene

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