lieve that Hamlet believes that Claudius is guilty. If she believes this, she might purposely or inadvertently pass on this fact to others, leading to Hamlet's demise. Also, however, Hamlet does not want to confront Gertrude with the crime in a rational way, he wants to force her into making a difficult choice between Hamlet and Claudius, with disastrous psychological results for Hamlet if she chooses against him. With respect to friends or colleagues, Hamlet would like to express his anger towards them without arising suspicion that he is in a hostile rational mental state. He also wants to be able to punish them or hurt them for supporting or potentially supporting Claudius, while going free on basis of insanity. Pretending insanity also allows him to express his anger towards Claudius, while expecting practically harmless treatment.Hamlet's true thought process is caught between two plains about how life can turn rotten. Hamlet knows that playing games in the disguise of a madman will potentially turn out to be dangerous. Like the classic tale of the boy who cried wolf, soon Hamlet will be treated the way he is acting. By the time act four begins Hamlet has to start telling people when he is talks sense and when he is not. He slowly is setting himself up for tragedy. After the ghost informs Hamlet of Claudius' crime, Hamlet realizes that he is in a catch-22 situation psychologically. If he does not kill Claudius, he may forever be locked in the painfully stressful mental state in which his obsession puts him. But if he attempts or succeeds in killing Claudius, he risks experiencing psychological estrangement so intense that it could destroy his sense of identity. Whether he does or doesn't kill Claudius, he faces enormous psychological pain. Luckily, he dies instead of living a life of torment. Hamlet truly ended up with a happy ending by his circumstances. He achieves nobility through death, he avenges his fathers death and He dies,...
