performs very noble acts that were executedout of the goodness of his heart. One of these acts consisted of drinking the remainder ofthe poison left in the glass that Claudius and Gertrude had already drank from, to preventHoratio sipping from this glass and dying as well. Madness is a mental illness that doesnot come and go as it pleases and, therefore, Hamlet could not have been truly mad as hesimply interrupted his antic disposition once again acting completely sane. Hamlet was a great individual, who when confronted with a number of tragedies inhis life, as well as with the proposition that his uncle killed his father, he did not lose Williams 5control of his conscious mind, but instead, knew exactly how to resolve his pendingmaladies. There is no question that his apparent madness was his own concoction devisedto aid in his efforts in revealing the truth behind his father’s death and seeking out torevenge it. His motives for doing so were to keep his investigation hidden for as long aspossible, to drive away all other aspects of his life that might interfere with his task and toabsolve himself of all guilt he may acquire while on his quest. There is proof in his actionsthat his madness was feigned as he continued thinking rationally and speaking logically tocharacters like Horatio and Gertrude. A madman’s thought are not composed of logicalrationale and he does not speak sanely to some, while at the same time, insanely to others. Hamlet then suddenly drops his antic disposition right after his dispute with Laertes in thegraveyard as he began speaking and acting completely normal at all times which wasillustrated while he mocked the courtier, Osric. The absence of hamlet’s madness wasexemplified further as he confessed feelings of remorse towards Laertes for killingPolonius and Hamlet also performs extremely noble acts as his life was waning. Truemadness is an illness that inhibits the mind of an individua...
