William Shakespeare’s play “Hamlet” Shakespeare leads you to believe that the main character, Hamlet, might be insane. There are many clues to suggest Hamlet is insane but in fact, he is completely sane throughout the play. Hamlet makes wise Assessment that proves he is not insane. He knows exactly what he is leading up to. He just delays to act due to his indecisiveness. The issue of madness is one of major importance in this play. Is Hamlet truly mad, meaning insane, On the other hand, is he merely angry?Does he feign madness and use it as a guise? Or does he place himself so dangerously close to the line between sanity and insanity that he crosses it without even realizing it then again, is he so intelligent, cunning and in control that this is merely the playing out Of his completely conceived and well-executed plan of attack. An example of this is in Act III, section III, Hamlet says “Now might I do it pat, now ’a is a-praying, and now I’ll do it-and so ‘a goes to heaven, and so am I revenged that would be scanned. A villain kills my father, and for that, I, his sole son, do this same villain send to heaven. Why, this is hire and salary, not revenge.” He says here that he has his chance to kill his father’s murder, but he is praying. By killing, him while he is praying his soul goes to heaven and this would not be revenge. This is not a thought of an insane person. An insane person would have completed the murder at this opportunity. In Act III, scene I, “To be or not to be...” Hamlet displays his indecisiveness by thinking about suicide because of the situation he is in. He would rather be dead than live with the thought of his father’s death going UN revenge. He is scared to get revenge because he found out from a ghost and he does not know what to do. In line 83,” Thus conscience takes a major part in the thought and action of murder. This is wh...
