account of how his father died (2.2.537-543). Hamlet reasons on two separate occasions that if the ghost is telling the truth than Claudius will give away his guilt through his facial expressions when he sees the play. "I'll have these players / Play something like the murder of my father / Before mine uncle. I'll observe his looks," (2.2.595-598). "There is a play tonight before the King. / One scene of it comes near the circumstance / . . . of my father's death / . . . / If his occulted guilt / Do not itself unkennel in one speech, / It is an accursed ghost we have seen," (3.2.74-81).Hamlet again displays the ability to reason in act 3 scene 4. Hamlet reveals to his mother that he is aware of Claudius's attempt to send him to his death in England (3.4.207-212). This shows that Hamlet is aware of what is occurring around him and he possesses the ability to reason the actions of others and discover the secret plots laid against him.Hamlet's final display of his ability to reason occurs in the final scene. Hamlet is talking about death with Horatio and the coming fight between Laertes and himself. "There is a special / providence in the fall of a sparrow. If it be now, 'tis / not to come; if it be not to come, it will be now; if it / be not now, yet it will come. The readiness is all. Since / no man of aught he leaves knows, what is 't to leave / betimes?" (5.2.217-222). Hamlet states that death will occur when it wants to. If it is meant to be than there is nothing you can do about it. This speech shows Hamlet's ability to reason and contemplate death.Hamlet also gives proof that he understands the difference between right and wrong, an important characteristic of sanity, throughout the play. Hamlet first reveals this knowledge when he plans the "Mousetrap" in acts 2 and 3. Hamlet does not want to kill Claudius unless he is sure that Claudius is guilty (2.2.595-598 & 3.2.74-81). This shows Hamlet's regard for justice and honor, which we...
