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.

It is apparent that Hamlet is indeed feigning his madness. Hamlet tells Horatio and Guildenstern that he is feigning madness. Hamlet only acts mad around characters whom he has suspicion of their knowledge concerning his father’s death. Hamlet professes to his mother that he is merely acting insane. Hamlet knows his father was wronged and he must decide whether or not to avenge his death. Acting quickly, Hamlet assumes the role of insanity in an effort to confirm his suspicions about his father’s death “’ . . . though this be madness, yet there be method in’t.

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 dialog

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