"Screaming at the window Watch me die another day Hopeless situation endless price I have to pay Sanity now it's beyond me there's no choice. " If mad is defined as being consumed with one thought to the point of bringing the thought to life, then yes, Hamlet is a madman. With the death of his father, Hamlet is consumed on getting revenge on the one that committed the crime. When he learns the perpetrator is his uncle and his incestuous mother stands beside him, how can he not want avenge his father. After all, murder with a purpose is justifiable in the context of this play. His integrity is unquestionable and his actions are blunt. He purposely psychs out his mother and uncle with a play. This crime of passion is the result of a madman's attraction to avenge his father's death.
Hamlet's most famous soliloquy is evident of his madness. To commit this crime or not to, once it is done it's done. This infection in his family has bared ill wills on him and to his father's name. But if Hamlet were to commit this sinful deed what will happen to him after in this life, or after this life? This is why relying on the ghost is risky. Hamlet knows the goes shows himself as his father but is it truly him? The ghost could be a representation of Hamlet's conscious telling him the right thing to do is to kill his uncle. The ghost represented as Hamlet's conscious is a result of the "manic depression that befriends" him. The ghost sits on hamlet's shoulder alone , a cross between and angel and a demon. Hamlet chooses to do the "right" thing despite what might happen to him in the afterworld.
Hamlet creates an obsession for murdering his uncle that is so intense that it is like a person who is experiencing tunnel vision. Hamlet wants to rid his family of the guilt, of the corruption, and of the lies in his surrounding family. Hamlet becomes so focused on this that he has an x-ray vision that can see bullshit with just a look. He knows that Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are playing him so he gave them no information to give to his uncle. This is one of the many reasons Hamlet acts insane, to get rid of any sense of threat, yet his uncle can sense it. As his uncle, Hamlet can sense that a storm is brewing even going so far as to say that "all but one will survive". He even tries to get Ophelia out of the way by convincing her he's a sinner and that she must get herself to a nunnery where she'll be safe.
Hamlet knows with all his heart his uncle did it, but still he has to see the guilt on his face. to confirm his uncle's guilt, Hamlet integrates a special part into "The Mousetrap" which is strikingly similar to how his father was killed. Hmm, maybe he was trying to trap his uncle like a mouse? With this confession Hamlet is ready to kill. His passion is set on fire and his obsession grows stronger. After the play, Hamlet is called upon by his mother. He explains to her the sins she has committed and tells her to save herself before it's too late but it is doubtful that she'll listen. At his most fervid moment, Polonius walks in and is killed by Hamlet, a casualty of a bigger crime.
Hamlet's madness is very elaborate and focused. Once he had confirmation of his uncle's guilt, Hamlet is determined to kill him. But Hamlet does not just want justice. He wants his uncle to feel what he has done. Hamlet wants a revenge that is justifiable for the murder of his father. To be consumed with these thoughts of murder, Hamlet may have to give up more than he thought to get true revenge.
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