The Sane Hamlet Essays -- GCSE English Literature Coursework

The Sane village hamlet contains the classic descent between whether or not Hamlet is mad, or a fairish man under difficult circumstances. Hamlet assumes antic-disposition at times to disclose the truth of his fathers death. From my perspective I believe that Hamlets actions and thoughts are a synthetical response to the situation in which he finds himself. In the first act, Hamlet appears to be very straightforward in his actions and thoughts. When questioned by Gertrude about his regret appearance, Hamlet says, Seems, madam? Nay it is know not seems (I, ii, 76). This is to say, I am what I appear to be. Later he makes a clear bid about his thoughts when he commits himself to revenge. Hamlet says, Ill wipe away all useless fond records, All saws of books, all forms, all pressures past, That youth and observation copied there, And thy instruction all alone shall live in spite of appearance the book and volume of my brai... ...his mirror Hamlet and the Imitation of Rev enge. Critical Essays on Shakespeares Hamlet. Ed. David Scott Kaston. New York City Prentice residency International. 1995. 198-209 Rose, Mark. Reforming the Role. Modern Critical Interpretations Hamlet. Ed. Harold Bloom. New York City Chelsea House Publishers, 1986. 117-128 Wiggins, Martin. Hamlet Within the Prince. New Essays on Hamlet. Ed. Mark Thornton Burnett and John Manning. New York AMS Press, 1994. 209-226.