The Tragic History of Hamlet, by William Shakespeare

In the Tragic History of settlement, by William Shakespeargon, , the sane ham allow occasionally switches amidst sanity and insanity. When madness orders crossroadss purpose, he puts on an antic disposition (I. V. 463). On the other hand, when sanity proves worthy, Hamlet continues back to being logical. Hamlet claims he is mad north-north-west (II. ii), meaning he is mad sometimes and sane other times. To achieve his remainders, Hamlet continues back and forth between sanity and insanity, which ironically, shows his goal of revenge.To begin, Hamlet starts of insanity to try and achieve his goals. Hamlet uses is insanity as a weapon, changing insanity into the melodic line of words or action. Hamlet is only insane towards his enemies or his enemies allies. For example, Hamlet attacks Ophelia, who has allied herself with Claudius with words be you h wizardst (III. i) are you fair (III. i). Hamlet speaks daggers (III. ii) to Gertrude, because she is an interference to Hamlet. Also, Hamlet destroys Polonius so violently that Hamlet guarantees that Polonius is dead, for a ducat, dead (III. iv).Hamlet deeply harms both Ophelia and Gertrude with his words of insanity, while sending Polonius to the grace with his actions of insanity. All three people, Ophelia, Gertrude and Polonius, are Claudius allies, and by hurting Claudius allies, Hamlet is indirectly wounding Claudius. This is Hamlets short term goal to get rid Claudius of allies. Besides using insanity to harm Claudius allies, the little presence of Hamlets insanity troubles Claudius. Gradually, Claudius gets more furious with Hamlet and knows that madness in great ones must not unwatchd go (III. i.). Hamlets insanity causes Claudius to send people to uncover the mysteries of his insanity. Hamlets fake madness causes Claudius to increase anger. Claudius confusion is Hamlets other short goal. In brief, Hamlets insanity has helped him achieve his short-term goals of eradicating Claudius allies and confus ing Claudius. On the other hand, Hamlet extradites to sanity and uses it as a method of concentration. Whenever Hamlet is sane, he is focused on the current situation. When Hamlet encounters the ghost, he tells it to speak, because he is bound to hear (I.v. ). While speaking with the ghost, Hamlet cries for his prophetic soul (I. v. ). Hamlet is also very focused when speaking and listening to Horatio. When Horatio tells Hamlet about the ghost of Hamlets father, Hamlet asks Horatio to let him hear (I. ii. ). While sane, Hamlets thoughts are clear and he is focused on the topic. When meeting his fathers ghost, he pays full-of-the-moon attention to it. When Hamlet speaks to Horatio about Hamlets fathers ghost, Hamlet listens and speaks with sanity. Hamlet also refers to his prophetic soul (I. v. ).Since Hamlet describes himself to flip a prophetic soul (I. v. ), it shows that his mind is very clear, unlike the mind of the insane. Hamlets short-term goal is to shorten when necessary . When Hamlet is alone, his thoughts are very thorough. For example, Hamlets to be or not to be (III. i. ) speech is very intelligibly thought out. Hamlets thoughts are much more mature than those of the insane. Hamlets second short-term goal is to philosophize. Through the return into sanity, Hamlet is able to accomplish both his short-term goals of concentration and philosophizing.However, due to the constant reversal between sanity and insanity, Hamlets revenge is slowed down. Hamlets mind becomes tangled due to constant changes in personality, between sanity and insanity. azoic in the play, Hamlet says that he will put on an antic disposition (I. v. ). However, in the remainder scene of the play, Hamlet tells Horatio that in my heart there was a kind of fighting (V. ii. ). At one point he says that he will fake insanity, while later, he says that there is fighting in his heart, which hints insanity. Due to this, Hamlet becomes indecisive. Hamlets inability to act causes his r evenge to be slowed.In the end, it is believed that Hamlet is very sane. His act of insanity is to mess with the others heads. He knows that Claudius has sent Rosencrantz and guildenstern to spy on him. He doesnt want them to know that what he is planning is to unveil the truth, and that Claudius murdered King Hamlet. He does not want Claudius to know that he knows the truth. Hamlet switches between sanity and insanity to achieve his short-term goals. He uses insanity against enemies and sanity as a method of concentration. However, the constant switch of sanity and insanity brings him a slow revenge.