Hamlet: Hamlet's Sanity
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“Great wits are sure to madness near allied, and thin partitions do
their bounds divide.” Though John Dryden's quote was not made in regard to
William Shakespeare's Hamlet, it relates very well to the argument of
whether or not Hamlet went insane. When a character such as Hamlet is under
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.... point these situations create plenty of
reasons for Hamlet to be insane, he remains sharp and credible. “[Hamlet]
concocts this state of madness...his intellect remains clear, his discourse
sound and comprehensive,” (Harris, p. 129).
Hamlet reveals to his friends and his mother of his plans to
pretend act insane. He tells Horatio that he is going to "feign madness,"
and that if Horatio notices any strange behavior from Hamlet, it is because
he is putting on an act. (I, v). Hamlet also tell ....
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