Hamlet tells Horatio and Guildenstern that he is feigning his madness. Hamlet has spoken with the ghost and has learned of the wrongdoings in his father’s death. He later speaks with Horatio concerning his future actions “’As I perchance hereafter shall think meet/ to put an antic disposition on . . ..’” It is after this statement that Hamlet begins to act mad. In the next Act, Hamlet speaks with Guildenstern and tells him that his “’ . . . uncle-father and aunt-mother are deceived.’” Guildenstern asks Hamlet what he means by this and Ha

mlet professes he is “’ . . . but mad north-north-west. When the wind is southerly I know a hawk from a handsaw.’” Hamlet is foreshadowing to his friends the fabrication of his madness.

Polonius believe he [Hamlet] was mad.

Hamlet professes to his mother that he is merely acting insane. In a conversation, Gertrude questions Hamlet’s sanity. Hamlet then gets in a heated dialogue with his mother and explains to her that he is “’ . . . not mad, but mad in craft.’” After this statement, the ghost appears. Hamlet begins to converse with the ghost and this causes Gertrude to believe “’ . . . alas, he’s [Hamlet] mad.. . . that you bend your eye on vacancy/ and with incorporal air, do hold discourse.’” He did not expect the ghost to appear during his dialogue with his mother. Since his mother could not see the ghost, this insures her belief that Hamlet is mad. Although his mother believes he i

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