d her to break it off with Hamlet. It was bad enough that he lost his father and his mother, now Ophelia is breaking things off with him. She was the last person that he had left to comfort him and she betrayed his trust. As a result, he tells Ophelia that he never loved her, even when he knew deep inside that he truly did.These are the reasons for Hamlet's madness, but many critics still believe that he Hamlet is not mad. This is because Hamlet's actions seem normal compared to Ophelia's madness. Her questionable insanity puts Hamlet's questionable madness in a more favorable light. All Ophelia can do after learning about her father's death is sing. Hamlet's rejection of her combined with the death of her father is too much for her, and she doesn't sing a mourning song at the beginning of Act 4 scene 1, but rather a happy love song.Another reason why many believe he was sane because in the beginning, Hamlet was not the only who could see the ghost. The guards were the ones that called him because they saw King Hamlet's ghost walking around. This proves to the audience that the ghost is real and it is not imagined by Hamlet. Hamlet also acts normal towards the actors. He intelligently planned out the play himself in order to get a reaction from the King. The play was so well planned that it made the King rise up from his seat to get some fresh air. This hinted to the King that someone knows about his crime, which made him very uneasy.Throughout the whole play, Hamlet act's normal or rational towards Horatio. He reveals and trusts him with his plans. Also, at the end of the play when Hamlet was dying, he stopped Horatio from killing himself, which shows that he is thinking clearly. Hamlet was truly mad for the most part of the play and he thought he was just playing the part of a madman. It is easy to see why many believe that he was sane, but most of the evidence points towards Hamlet being mad ...
