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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 e ....
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.... speech is quite ironic, because it is Hamlet's "one
defect" (his hesitancy and inability to take action), regardless of his other
qualities (such as honour and integrity), will be the main reason why the play
ends so tragically.
Although we are supposed to suspect that "something is rotten in the state of
Denmark", as Horatio puts it, from the start of the play, it is only when Hamlet
talks with the ghost of his father in Act I Sc V that we realise the full extent
of his uncle's treachery. When he first sees the ghost, Horatio and Marcellus
try to restra ....
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