Even Hamlet's act of feigning insanity is insane. He must be crazy.
I presume the normal Hamlet, the sane Hamlet is a rational individual, good-natured and decently virtuous-- one who nurtures his relationships rather than destroy them, who concerns himself what every normal young adult concerns himself with, who does not contemplate the prospect of committing suicide. The Hamlet we see is one with a personality inundated with cruelty and mercilessness. He is grossly compared to his uncle, who is initially presented as the heartless villain but whose guilt and humanity is later revealed. Hamlet, on the other hand, only wishes to kill Claudius when he is not praying and feels no remorse after killing an innocent man.
I presume the normal Hamlet, the sane Hamlet is a rational individual, good-natured and decently virtuous-- one who nurtures his relationships rather than destroy them, who concerns himself what every normal young adult concerns himself with, who does not contemplate the prospect of committing suicide. The Hamlet we see is one with a personality inundated with cruelty and mercilessness. He is grossly compared to his uncle, who is initially presented as the heartless villain but whose guilt and humanity is later revealed. Hamlet, on the other hand, only wishes to kill Claudius when he is not praying and feels no remorse after killing an innocent man.
But if you think about it, maybe his craziness is justifiable. I mean, this dude did just lose the person whom he idolized and revered the most, not to mention he's been subject to a truckload of hard-hitting betrayal. His uncle murdered his father. His mother married his uncle. His best friends are spies for his uncle. There are a plethora of catalysts for his insanity.
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