... the events that have occurred that Hamlet would be a little off, thus, defining him as insane yet clinically would not be defined as insane. ADD QUOTES OF INSANITY The facts seem to prove that Hamlet is actually sane despite the way he acts in public. You would believe that a person who is ... of his actions. An insane individual who is full of rage and revenge would not ponder over the consequences of their actions. They would not focus on anything because their mind has no track to follow. Hamlet does contradict his sane actions when plotting the murder of Claudius because his mind d...

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• Grade Level: High School

... and a baser emotion of lust. Hamlet invokes these and other sins as he describes his family. Though Hamlet entwines nobility with his role as hero he also condemns his own anger and vengeance along with his mother's lust and his uncle's gluttony. His inertness could also be described as slight indolence thus increasing his own deadly sins and therefore foreshadowing his ... role in Shakespeare's society. Hamlet portrays himself as a madman by enhancing a feminine flight of fancy. Though his plan is ultimately futile, this inheritance of supposed female qualities is later marked on poor Op...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate