Question

An inference is an educated guess. So, if you were going to make an inference about Hamlet’s mental state here, would you say he has gone mad or not? Give at least three specific examples that support your opinion.

Answer 1

The following are reasons to conclude that Hamlet had not gone mad:

• He told Laertes that he had acted strangely because he was temporarily insane. Someone who was truly mad will not know this fact.

• He knowingly acted wildly when the King and Polonius arranged a meeting to observe him.

• He was also sane because he overheard something that Polonius said over the curtain and killed her for it.

The above three points are reasons to believe that Hamlet was not actually mad in the story.

He was simply acting up because he could still process the events that were happening around him.

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