Hamlet 8
Beginning of paper
Is Hamlet mad or sane, and if he is mad, was Polonius accurate in saying that there was a “method to his madness”
In Hamlet, there is two characters who fit a mad description, one truly mad, and one only acting mad to serve a plot. Ophelia and Hamlet, with argument to the other’s ....
Middle of paper
.... and draw you into madness? Think of it.
Horatio’s comment may be where Hamlet gets the idea to use a plea of insanity to work out his plan. Later, when Hamlet tells his mother that he saw the ghost in his mothers room, her amazement at his madness is quite convincing.
Another instance of Hamlet’s behavior, manipulation in his meeting with Ophelia, where his uncle and Polonius are hiding behind a curtain.(Earlier in the play it is made quite clear, Hamlets feeling towards Ophelia. ....
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Word count: 582
Page count: 3 (approximately 250 words per page)
