Hamlet, method to the madness
Title: Hamlet, method to the madness
Category: /Literature/English
Details: Words: 1698 | Pages: 6 (approximately 235 words/page)
Hamlet, method to the madness
Category: /Literature/English
Details: Words: 1698 | Pages: 6 (approximately 235 words/page)
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…showed last 75 words of 1698 total…to resolve their situations. In this way, they are sharplycontrasted with the mad Lear and Ophelia, whose insanity is notquestioned by themselves or other characters in either play.Neither after displaying madness make any rational decisions thatwould lead the reader to believe in their sanity. Thus, theargument that Hamlet is truly mad refutes his ability to actrationally and discounts the dramatic device of Ophelia (as Learis to Edgar) as a contrapuntal example of true insanity.
