Shakespeare's Hamlet: Investigating Hamlet's Insanity
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Nicolas Hutchison
Hamlet is one of Shakespeare's most famous plays, and hardest to
perform. The reason it is so hard to perform is because of the main
character Hamlet. Hamlet is an easily liked character that must revenge his
father's death. He is forced to act insane in order to find out the tru ....
Middle of paper
.... seems common.
Hamlet replies:
“Seems, madam! nay it is; I know not 'seems.'
'Tis not alone my inky cloak, good mother,
Nor customary suits of solemn black,
Nor windy suspiration of forced breath,
No, nor the fruitful river in the eye,
Nor the dejected 'havior of the visage,
Together with all forms, moods, shapes of grief,
That can denote me truly: these indeed seem,
For they are actions that a man might play: ....
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Page count: 6 (approximately 250 words per page)
