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Hamlet. Is he an insane madman or a revengeful, scheming, genius? There

are many conflicting ideas and theories on this subject, and hopefully this

paper may be of some assistance in clearing up the confusion. The paper is

divided into three separate analytic sections beginning with the beginning of

Hamlet's so called madness, and why it may have occurred. Next, is an analysis

of why Hamlet delays revenging his father's death. To conclude the paper,

Hamlet's incestuous acts towards his mother are discussed, in William

Shakespeare's Hamlet.

In the first act Hamlet seems to be in a perfectly sane state of mind

throughout all five scenes. It is in the second scene where the audience begins

to see a change in his character. Ophelia meets with Polonius and recalls the

meeting she had previously with Hamlet. She tells her father that Hamlet came

to her disheveled and in a shaken state of mind, speaking of "horrors." (Act 2

Scene 2 line......

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