Persecution of Hamlet
Prosecution of Hamlet
Members of the jury,
As we have heard, Hamlet pleades that the place where the fault for his actions resides is not in him, but in the condition of his psyche and mind. He, Hamlet, has confessed not to his crimes, but to his insanity. His argument stands strong, seeing as how it is quite near impossible to imagine how any mentally sane individual could knowingly carry out such deeds as he.
But now I plead with you, members of this esteemed jury, to consider for just a moment the thought that Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, is perhaps not crazy at all. Perhaps he has a mind quite like others in history; namely, Adolf Hitler. Hitler, while some may call him crazy, was in my opinion, simply a genius. He knew the right strategies and tactics -- and if he didn’t, he knew and had the tools to plan them -- to persuade people to follow his lead, even if his lead was false all along. Compare, if you will, Adolf Hitler’s actions to those performed by our Hamlet.
Our witnesses can help prove my point. I call back to your attention the comment we heard from Claudius, in which he confessed that Hamlet's actions although strange, did not appear to stem from madness [Act 3, Scene 1, lines 178-181]. And Polonius has admitted that Hamlet’s activities have seemed to have a “method” within them [Act 2, Scene 2, lines 223-224], a characteristic of which would not be present if Hamlet were truly mad, because the insane mind works not on method, but on chaos and insanity itself.
I ask you, the jury, to allow yourselves the thought that Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, is not crazy at all. More so, he has been acting this way to sway your decision concerning his innocents and perhaps attract attention of his family and acquaintances.
Thank You.
Members of the jury,
As we have heard, Hamlet pleades that the place where the fault for his actions resides is not in him, but in the condition of his psyche and mind. He, Hamlet, has confessed not to his crimes, but to his insanity. His argument stands strong, seeing as how it is quite near impossible to imagine how any mentally sane individual could knowingly carry out such deeds as he.
But now I plead with you, members of this esteemed jury, to consider for just a moment the thought that Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, is perhaps not crazy at all. Perhaps he has a mind quite like others in history; namely, Adolf Hitler. Hitler, while some may call him crazy, was in my opinion, simply a genius. He knew the right strategies and tactics -- and if he didn’t, he knew and had the tools to plan them -- to persuade people to follow his lead, even if his lead was false all along. Compare, if you will, Adolf Hitler’s actions to those performed by our Hamlet.
Our witnesses can help prove my point. I call back to your attention the comment we heard from Claudius, in which he confessed that Hamlet's actions although strange, did not appear to stem from madness [Act 3, Scene 1, lines 178-181]. And Polonius has admitted that Hamlet’s activities have seemed to have a “method” within them [Act 2, Scene 2, lines 223-224], a characteristic of which would not be present if Hamlet were truly mad, because the insane mind works not on method, but on chaos and insanity itself.
I ask you, the jury, to allow yourselves the thought that Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, is not crazy at all. More so, he has been acting this way to sway your decision concerning his innocents and perhaps attract attention of his family and acquaintances.
Thank You.