1. The document discusses Hamlet's claims that he is "not in madness" but is "mad in craft" and "puts on an antic disposition", questioning whether he is truly sane or crosses into insanity.
2. It also questions whether Hamlet's melancholy is caused by his depressed state, considering he contemplates suicide several times, or is due to other factors.
3. The world of the play seems insane itself - the king murders his brother, the queen lusts after her dead husband's brother, friends spy on each other, and Ophelia goes truly mad.
1. The document discusses Hamlet's claims that he is "not in madness" but is "mad in craft" and "puts on an antic disposition", questioning whether he is truly sane or crosses into insanity.
2. It also questions whether Hamlet's melancholy is caused by his depressed state, considering he contemplates suicide several times, or is due to other factors.
3. The world of the play seems insane itself - the king murders his brother, the queen lusts after her dead husband's brother, friends spy on each other, and Ophelia goes truly mad.
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1. The document discusses Hamlet's claims that he is "not in madness" but is "mad in craft" and "puts on an antic disposition", questioning whether he is truly sane or crosses into insanity.
2. It also questions whether Hamlet's melancholy is caused by his depressed state, considering he contemplates suicide several times, or is due to other factors.
3. The world of the play seems insane itself - the king murders his brother, the queen lusts after her dead husband's brother, friends spy on each other, and Ophelia goes truly mad.
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Hamlet tells his mother that he "essentially |is| not in madness, / But mad in craIt" (3.4.204-205) and claims to "put an antic disposition on" (1.5.189), but does he ever cross the line between sanity and insanity in the play? To complicate matters, the world oI Hamlet seems insane: the king is a murderer; the queen lusts aIter her dead husband's brother; Iriends spy on Iriends; and one character (Ophelia) really does go insane. Could Hamlet really be sane in an insane world? And what about Hamlet's melancholy? From the beginning oI the play, Hamlet is depressed, and he considers suicide several diIIerent times. What is the real cause oI his melancholy? Does he ever break out oI his melancholy? 8reakdown 1 8espond Lo each of Lhe quesLlons above by researchlng Lhe followlng 1he deflnlLlon of lnsanlLy and whaL quallfles one Lo be legally lnsane 1he deflnlLlon of depresslon Lhe causes of depresslon and lLs sympLoms 2 AfLer deLermlnlng whaL makes on lnsane or depressed you musL explaln wheLher or noL you belleve PamleL flLs wlLhln Lhose deflnlLlons 3 lf you say yes you need Lo explaln why by glvlng speclflc quoLaLlons from Lhe play LhaL supporLs your clalms 4 lf you say no you sLlll have Lo do Lhe same as ln number Lhree above 3 ?our paper musL be aL leasL Lwo pages ln lengLh double spaced 1lmes new 8oman fonL and slze 12 6 ?ou musL have a LlLle page an lnLroducLlon concluslon and works clLed page wlLh aL leasL Lhree clLaLlons from Lhree dlfferenL sources ln Lhe correcL formaL 7 ?our paper musL be Lurned ln Lo 1urnlLlncom by Lhe due daLe