n thoughts and emotions taking over. Hamlet also shows the ability to reason when he has the chance to kill Claudius. When Claudius is praying Hamlet begins to sneak up on him. He was going to kill him. He could have gotten away with it because there was no one around. Hamlets own thoughts stop him in mid act. His inner thoughts tell him he has the perfect opportunity to kill, but then comes back and he finds a reason not to. He thought that he should not kill him now while he is praying. He thought he would kill him in sin. This way he would not go to heaven but straight to hell. This shows Hamlets ability to reason because he is rationalizing the situation. He had the ability to choose between the right times to commit an act. In both of these situations Hamlet shows emotion. It would be nearly impossible for someone who is insane to show such emotion in such situations as hamlet does. This supports that he was not insane. Hamlet also has the ability to foresee his own fate. When Hamlet is sent to England, he is aware of Claudius plot for his death. Hamlet has the reasoning skills to see this and change it. He found the letter to the king of England, saying Hamlet should be killed. He then switched them with another saying his accomplices should be killed. Hamlet possesses the ability to discover secret plots against him. Would someone who is insane have the ability to find out he was going to be killed and then change his fate? Hamlet throughout the play tells riddles and illogical statements. His illogical statements are through out the play. In Act Four there is a part

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