Sidorowicz-2 and by agreeing or disagreeing with those opinions I will prove that he was acting in very logic way, and his decisions and actions were very deliberate. If Shakespeare had not given us the complex psychological state of Hamlet, then one could conclude that Hamlet was really insane (electric library), but Shakespeare did. He made sure that there was an explanation and, or logical reason for all his actions.Hamlet proves to be in complete control of his psyche in several parts of the play.First, the fact that Hamlet acts irrationally only in front of certain individuals shows that he is only acting. He acts insane in front of Polonius, Claudius, Gertrude and Ophelia; while remaining perfectly normal in front of Horatio, Marcellus, the players and the gravedigger. “I am but mad north-north-west: when the wind is southerly I know a hawk from a handsaw”(Guth, hamlet, p. 820, v.35-37). This is the classic example of the “wild and whirling words” (Guth, hamlet, p808, v.90) with which Hamlet hopes to persuade people to believe that he is mad. These words, however, prove that beneath his emotional disposition, caused by his father’s death and very fast remarriage of his mother, Hamlet is very sane. Our hero is saying that he knows a hunting hawk from a hunted “handsaw” or heron in other words, that, very far from being mad, he is perfectly capable of recognizing his enemies. His imagery involving points of the compass, the weather, and hunting birds, he is announcing that he is precisely and calculatedly choosing the time when to appear mad.Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” is based on the legend of fabled Danish Prince Amleth, who feigned insanity to veil a plot of revenge against his uncle for his father’s murder. ...
