Hayanny SilvaCoach HansenBrit LitDecember 13, 2013Shakespeare Hamlet Insanity VS SanityThe Tragedy of HamletIn the tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, by William Shakespeare, Hamlet, an intellectual prince passes from sanity to madness throughout the play. You can see that during the play, when madness seems righteous, he adopts an "antique disposition (IV173). However, when reason turns out to be the answer, Hamlet becomes logical again. Hamlet claims that he is "mad to the north-northwest" (II.ii.376), meaning that he is mad at times and sane at other times. Therefore, to achieve his goals, Hamlet switches between reason and madness. In the poem, Hamlet goes mad to achieve some of his goals. to overcome his obstacles, Hamlet is only mad towards his enemies and the allies of his enemies. For example, Hamlet attacks Gertrude verbally and physically because she is an obstacle to Hamlet. Additionally, Hamlet kills Polonius and assures that Polonius is "dead, for one." ducat, death" (III.iv.25). When Hamlet kills Polonius, he feels nothing, no sympathy, no sorrow and no fear. His madness has overcome him to the point that he would kill anyone without any pity or feeling. Hamlet gradually harms Gertrude with his words of madness, while killing Polonius with his madness. All these two people, Gertrude and Polonius, are Claudius' allies, and by harming Claudius' allies, Hamlet harms Claudius, this. which is Hamlet's goal The death of his father [Hamlet] caused a flaw in Hamlet's logic, and this flaw imposed madness on him. Hamlet thinks that Gertrude, his mother, had an affair with his uncle and. actually contributed to the massacre of his beloved father On top of that, Hamle...... middle of paper...... ideas that Hamlet is crazy and Hamlet is not crazy. . Readers and critics can agree that Hamlet is not a “man of action,” but rather a “man of reflection,” focused reflection on both himself and the world (Schucking 31). I believe it is Shakespeare's anger towards corruption and religion that causes Hamlet to fall into madness. “To find a character in the real life of a person so delicate as to border on weakness with a sensitivity too exquisite to permit purposeful action” (Sylvia 13). Although it is difficult to point out the exact cause in Hamlet's life that led to his madness, one thing is certain; he became mad, and madness did to him what it does to everything that contains madness; it destroys everything it touches. Madness in The Tragedy of Prince Hamlet about the powerful reason that concludes that the whole play revolves around madness