. Coleridge also points out that feigning madness can be considered an act of insanity in and of itself. "Hamlet's wildness is but half-false. O that subtle trick to pretend the acting only when we are very near to what we act" (Coleridge 40). If he was feigning the madness, then his plan was misguided and he was working against himself and his quest for revenge. If Hamlet is indeed truly mad then he alerts his foes to this information and they in turn become very circumspect of Hamlet and his plans. Hamlet's madness serves to call attention to himself and raise suspicions of his enemies....
