The Destruction Of Insanity In Shakespeare's Hamlet

Despite his initial plan to put on an antic-disposition, Hamlet quickly finds himself in the grips of true insanity. Hamlet's suicidal thoughts are beginning to intensify. In his famous ‘To be or not to be’ soliloquy, Hamlet states; “To die-to sleep, / No more; and by a sleep to say we end/ The heartache and the thousand natural shocks/ That flesh is heir to” (Shakespeare, III.I.60-63). Since this is a soliloquy, it represents Hamlet's truest and rawest emotions, proving his suicidal and mental instability are of genuine concern and not a mere act. Hamlets overtly emotional persona is arguably his most fatal flaw. Hamlet displays a drastic personality change in a short period of time. Queen Gertrude reveals her concern for this sudden transformation