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When Hamlet first finds out about the murder, the ghost tells him to take revenge on Claudius. In Hamlets plotting to do so, he comes across an idea to pretend he is mad. In thinking about it he says, I purchase here after shall think meet to put an antic disposition on (I, V). He explains to Horatio, that he wants to create a false image in order to revenge the conspiracy set against his father.
Does he actually carry out his plan throughout the whole story?.
Hamlets decision to feign madness is a sane one, taken to confuse his enemies and hide his intentions.
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Now we come to Hamlets love life.
Is Hamlet really in love?.
The woman in his life is the young Ophelia who is the daughter of the Kings advisor, Polonius. Their relationship certainly started out as an attraction, but things began to change after Polonius es disapproval and Hamlets news of his fathers murder. Hamlet pays Ophelia a visit after hearing the news of his fathers death. Very angry, he grabs Ophelia by the arm and gives her a long hard stare. Polonius assumes that he is mad with love for his daughter of which he then disapproves? Polonius asks Ophelia, Mad for thy love? (II, I) Ophelia simply responds with, My lord, I do not know, But truly I do fear it.(II, I) This is really the first assumption that one can make about Hamlets madness. They assume that he is insane because he is in love. Little do they know, Hamlet has just found out that his father was really murdered by their new King. As shown, Polonius makes many assumptions concerning Hamlets madness throughout the play.
The King also becomes suspicious of Hamlets madness and he gets two old boyhood friends of Hamlets, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, to spy on Hamlet. King Claudius tells them about the situation, Something have you heard. Of Hamlets transformation, so call it. (II, II).
What does the King mean by transformation?.
Does the King ever say what he might think that the transformation is caused from?.
