Mental Illness In Hamlet

Another disease we can see in Shakespeare’s work is insanity, Insanity, craziness or madness is a spectrum of behaviors characterized by certain abnormal mental or behavioral patterns. Insanity may manifest as violations of societal norms, including a person becoming a danger to themselves or others, though not all such acts are considered insanity. In modern usage, insanity is most commonly encountered as an informal unscientific term denoting mental instability, or in the narrow legal context of the insanity defense( WIKIPEDIA)

Four Tragedies Shakespeare's "Hamlet," "King Lear," "Macbeth" and "Othello" was written in 1600-1608 at this stage, that is, the so-called mid-term creation of Shakespeare, this time mainly in tragedy. From the early

I think he's faking his illness to complete due to the complexity of his, and the need to combat this is the royal family. As a humanist, Hamlet has a remarkable talent, and well educated. He studied at the cradle of humanism to - Wittenberg University. With Ophelia's words, he was "the eyes of courtiers and scholars distinguish tongue, military sword, countries look forward to the flower daring; mirror when flow, human relations Masanori, remarkable center!" [9] he was lively and optimistic mood quickly disrupted by a series of accidents. The first is the sudden death of his father, followed by his mother had been shocked to discover remarried uncle, now the king. If found his two friends Rosencrantz and Guildenstern swallowed his betrayal made him sad, his beloved Ophelia was sent to him to let him inquire into despair. As can be seen, Hamlet not only has a keen mind, but also with a keen moral sense, he was the father of worship, so that he can not face his mother remarried less than a month, "God ah! An irrational beast also sadness have to last longer. "[10]. He can not face most likely murdered his father's uncle, but always trying to hide but also hidden in the heart of suspicions arising from his uncle and the kind of terrible disgust. "Hamlet best qualities - his sense of morality and genius - became his enemy is a lack of a strong sense of moral man, for such a horrible discovery is not so sad a thought is not so agile. Open-minded, good at exploration, perhaps, will not make the kind of dislike and distrust spread throughout the growth in his mind. "[11] It is said that Hamlet avenge the delay was because of his weakness. But he accidentally killed ruthlessly and swift Ophelia father can be seen when he is not weak, nor is it an indecisive man. The reason why he does not hesitate to kill his uncle to avenge her father because of his complex psychological: First, he was as well-educated people for the ghost, then