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A 5 page paper which considers the situations Hamlet faced, his reactions to them, how they affected his psyche in order to determine if he did go truly mad throughout the course of William Shakespeare’s tragic play. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Wittenberg University student who ironically remains William Shakespeares most popular character for literary analysis. Although Hamlet reassures his best friend and confidant Horatio that he is merely feigning madness,
claiming he will "put an antic disposition on" (I.v.190), his behavior throughout the course of the play might lead a Freudian psychiatrist to decide otherwise. In a short span
of time, Hamlet loses his father, King Hamlet, learns his mother Queen Gertrude has married Claudius (her husbands brother and Hamlets uncle) who then takes his fathers place on the
throne as well as in his mothers bed. The shock and disillusionment the young prince feels is understandable, as is his questionable hold on reality. Hamlet holds onto prolonged
grief and melancholy that darkens his nature and influences all of his acts. He admits to college friends Rosencrantz and Guilderstern, "I have of late, but wherefore I know
not, lost all my mirth" (II.ii.303-304). There is a sense that for him, time stands still as he replays his father over and over again in his mind and
is never, for reasons seemingly unknown for him, able to get past his period of mourning. Hamlet bemoans, "The time is out of joint. O cursed spite / That
ever I was born to set it right!" (I.v.206-207) The pivotal moment in terms of Hamlets sanity comes when he has what he believes to be an encounter with
his fathers ghost. Any student of Freudian psychology understands the importance of dreams and dream states. This was the manifestation of all of Hamlets pent-up feelings and desires.
In this dream, Hamlets father tells him, "The serpent that did sting thy fathers life / Now wears his crown... That incestuous, that adulterate beast, / With witchcraft of
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