hamlets insanity
... The ghost of Hamlets father charges him with avenging his murder by killing Claudius, Hamlets uncle. In addition, his girlfriend is caught in the games of Hamlets castle-home, publicly forsaking his love. ... Despite Hamlets various reasons for his rouse of dimensia, when his behavior is taken in context, it is obvious that it does not stem from a lack of reason, nor is it rash. Hamlet uses his assumed insanity to his advantage when dealing with people who are seeking to deceive him, such as Polonius, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. ... Hamlets only true friend is Horatio, and he is always sane and honest with him. ... His make believe veil of insanity gave Hamlet the liberty to do and say what no one else could. ... Hawkes Hamlet prefers to live in a world captured on video monitors, as opposed to his real life situation of circumstances bathed in family insanity. ... It is this scene which prompts mention of Hamlets sanity, or demise thereof. ... Polonius misinterprets Hamlets anguish as him being driven mad by love at the unwitting hands of Ophelia, the daughter of Polonius. ... While he gives Polonius the impression of insanity, there is a method to Hamlets madness, as the old man admits himself in lines 207 and 208. ... This disjunction is first illustrated in the speech following Hamlets exchange with Gertrude and Claudius about his being the only one mourning his fathers death. ... This illustrates the distinction between appearance and reality as a theme throughout the play, just as the concept is a theme in insanity. ... In the first scene of the third act, Ophelia returns all remembrances of Hamlets love, at the command of her father. ... When Ophelia rebukes Hamlets love, gifts, and letters, he flies into a rage. ... She wears a wire to trap Hamlets words, which he discovers, and he is then overcome by fury. In the present day context of Almereydas Hamlet, the level of Hamlets anger appears more justified, as opposed to in Franco Zef irellis rendition. ... The sense of rage intensifying to insanity was lost in the surprise of what comes off like an overreaction. ... Gibson and Zeffirelli appear to know what Hamlet is up to: using insanity to serve his purposes, not succumbing to it.