Is Hamlet Sane Or Insane?

The question comes up over and over again if Hamlet is sane or insane. Hamlet’s life events, from the death of his father to the death of his lover, can be enough to push anyone to the edge of sanity and become insane.There is a lot of things that happen in the play that makes you believe he is insane. He does act strange and odd in the play, but i believe it was an act, and he wanted to make everyone think he was insane. He wanted to throw us off. In the play he even says “ I essentially am not madness, but mad in craft.” Shakespeare knew what he was doing when he wrote the play. He saw much to be gained by it. He wanted to throw everyone else in the play off. I think that’s why they wanted to send him to england. I do believe his love for Ophelia was real and the things he did were irrational but the dramatic value of the play made it seem he wasn’t the brightest person.

Shakespeare has made a lot of critics believe that his madness was a real thing. . A very important quote is when he is talking to Gertrude, he says: "I essentially am not in madness, but mad in craft". Hamlet is pretty much telling his mother that he is only pretending to be mad, but is not crazy. A lot of people will say that those who are crazy will constantly tell people that they
Hamlet is only pretending to be crazy, and when it comes down to it he knows what is right and what is going on. He tells Rozencrantz and Guildestern: "I am but mad north-north-west. When the wind is southerly, I know hawk from a handsaw". There is a reason behind his “craziness”; His life is beginning to fall apart. First he finds out his father passed away, and then the ghost tells Hamlet that it was Hamlet’s Uncle Claudius who killed him, and his mother has married his Uncle Claudius, the murderer and king. Not only that, but he and pretends not to love Ophelia only to find out that she committed suicide mostly because of