Hamlet: Method In The Madness
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Method in the Madness: Hamlet's Sanity Supported Through His Relation to
Ophelia and Edgar's Relation to Lear
In both Hamlet and King Lear, Shakespeare incorporates a theme of madness
with two characters: one truly mad, and one only acting mad to serve a
motive. The madness of Hamlet is frequently ....
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.... pit Ophelia's insanity (or breakdown)
against Hamlet's madness, there is instead a clear definitiveness in
Ophelia's condition and a clear uncertainty in Hamlet's madness. Obviously,
Hamlet's character offers more evidence, while Ophelia's breakdown is quick,
but more conclusive in its precision. Shakespeare offers clear evidence
pointing to Hamlet's sanity beginning with the first scene of the play.
Hamlet begins with guards whose main importance in the play is to give
credibility to the gh ....
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