Hamlet's life was a series of tormenting events, and while highly intelligent, he was also becoming unstable. At first, Hamlet pretended to be mad, to try to fool people into thinking he was harmless. But as he got more into the role, he adopted it more fully, especially after he saw the effect on Ophelia and other people that he loved. He probably descended into actual madness after her death.
Gertrude tells Claudius that it was out of madness. This means that Gertrude had not divulged the knowledge that Hamlet was faking his madness.
Ophelia. She went crazy after Hamlet killed her father which led her to drown herself.
Freud's theory of the Oedipus complex might explain Hamlet's behavior.
Ophelia might not have gone crazy, Laertes would not have come home to fight hamlet, and king Claudius might not have wanted to send hamlet away.
Hamlet is about a young man (Hamlet) who is told by the ghost of his father that Hamlet's uncle and stepfather murdered him. Hamlet acts crazy while waiting for the right moment to kill his uncle, but his uncle is spying on him and guesses the truth. In the end the uncle's plot to kill Hamlet almost succeeds, but before he dies, Hamlet completes his revenge.
Gertrude tells Claudius that it was out of madness. This means that Gertrude had not divulged the knowledge that Hamlet was faking his madness.
Hamlet was crazy. She follows Hamlet's instructions and says that "Hamlet hath in madness Polonius slain."
She thinks he's crazy. She is already half-persuaded of that.
The character of Hamlet's girlfriend who goes crazy is called Ophelia. It's Greek for help.
Hamlet was going to act crazy until he got an opportunity to revenge himself on Claudius. Not much of a plan, really.
He plans to get Hamlet to talk to Ophelia, while he and Claudius are eavesdropping.
Ophelia. She went crazy after Hamlet killed her father which led her to drown herself.
Hamlet suggests that he may act crazy. The audience does not know how Hamlet will avenge his father's death. It is not yet known whether Hamlet will fulfill his father's wish.
The audience does not know how he is going to avenge his fathers death Hamlet admits that he's acting crazy
He asks them to swear not to tell about the ghost's visit and why Hamlet may appear crazy.
Freud's theory of the Oedipus complex might explain Hamlet's behavior.
Ophelia might not have gone crazy, Laertes would not have come home to fight hamlet, and king Claudius might not have wanted to send hamlet away.