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This 10 page paper discusses whether or not Hamlet is really mad or just pretending. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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to cause debate and challenge the actor cast in the title role. Part of the plays eternal appeal is the complexity of the character, and his tortured attempts to force
himself to his goal: to kill Claudius. Part of his method includes pretending to be mad-or is he pretending? This paper discusses whether or not Hamlets madness is real. Discussion
At first glance, the idea that Hamlets madness could be real seems incredible, because in the text Hamlet says clearly that he is going to pretend to be mad, and
that people should not be alarmed when they see his erratic behavior (Shakespeare). This is the end of the first act, quite early in the play in fact, and Hamlet
has already spoken with the Ghost of his father, and sworn vengeance: "... thy commandment all alone shall live / Within the book and volume of my brain, / Unmixd
with baser matter" (I.v.103-104). The Ghosts commandment was "Remember me," (I.v.91) but the unspoken demand is that Hamlet avenge his fathers murder. In these lines, where he promises to remember
only the Ghosts command, Hamlet seems determined and unambiguous; he has decided that Claudius will pay for his crime. A few minutes later, Hamlets friends Horatio and Marcellus come
in, and Hamlet at first seems greatly disturbed, even wild. When they ask what the Ghost has said he first replies "Hillo, ho, ho, boy! Come, [bird,] come" (I.v.116) which
is a reply to Marcelluss call of "Illo, ho, ho, my lord!" (I.v.115), but also sounds like absolute nonsense. Then when the two men ask again what the Ghost said,
Hamlet refuses to tell them, saying that they will reveal it to others, but both protest they will not (Shakespeare). Then Hamlet says, "How say you then, would heart of
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