Why Is Hamlet Crazy

The story of Hamlet the Prince of Denmark written by William Shakespeare is a dark tale of a tragic revenge. Throughout, history Hamlet madness has been debated for many years a million times over. So was Hamlet really mad? Or was this an elaborate scheme just to make the ones around him believe that he was? In many ways we see Hamlet slowly losing his mind all the while he is telling his friend Horatio that if he notices a difference in him it is just an act. The action that Hamlet takes against everyone tells us that it was an act in the beginning but he really does go insane. From the beginning we see that Hamlet is depressed over the death of his father and then the marriage of his mother to his uncle. This leads to a downward spiral as he starts to see his mother as a whore. He feels something is not right when it comes to the father’s death. One night while outside having heard the guardsmen talk of a ghostly figure Hamlet goes to meet it. The ghost is of his father, who tells him that he was murdered, putting Hamlets suspicion to be true. From here he starts telling his friends that he will act crazy to see how King Claudius and Queen Gertrude will act.
When the king leaves in a hurry, Hamlet believes he has his true answer. Then Queen Gertrude confronts him about the play and demands to know why would he do this, he in returns tells her basically that she is a whore. When Polonius is speaks from behind the curtain Hamlet believing that King Claudius he stabs into the curtain killing Polonius. He then takes Polonius’ body he allows no one to know or see what he does with it. After the death of Polonius Gertrude lies to Claudius saying that Hamlet is saddened by what he has done, to which Hamlet is sent away. While on his way to England he jumps onto a pirate’s ship without any