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Monster Essays - Is Hamlet Mad?
Is Hamlet Mad?
Perhaps the world's most famous mental patient, Hamlet's sanity has been
argued over by countless learned scholars for hundreds of years. As a mere
student of advanced-level English Literature, I doubt I can add anything new to
the debate in 2000 words, but I can look at the evidence supporting or
dispelling each argument and come to my own conclusion.
Hamlet is obviously experiencing grief and despair right from the beginning of
the novel, with the death of his father and his uncle's seizure of the throne
and rapid weddign of Hamlet's mother, and we can observe his great grief
bordering on irrational....
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