In this essay I will present sufficient information to prove that prince Hamlet was not mad, but mereley acting out a role, and that there was a method to his madness. For centuries, people have been debating the issue on whether Hamlet - the prince of William Shakespeare’s tragedy Hamlet - was mad. This question is not as easy as it sounds to answer; this is due to the fact that there are numerous …showed first 75 words of 750 total…

…showed last 75 words of 750 total…where Hamlet admits to others that his madness was just a fascaute. More evidence that he was sane, was the fact that Polonius and Claudius both noticed that there was more to Hamlet’s words and action than meet the eye. Sure, Hamlet’s actions throughout the play make him seem mad, but in reality, this madness was just a tactic of his in his plan to get revenge for his father’s wrongful death.