The death of one’s father and a ghostly visitation thereafter are events that would challenge the sanity of anyone. The circumstances of King Hamlet’s death render it especially traumatic. The late King seemed to be an idol to his son; Hamlet looked up to him and aspired to have the same qualities. Hamlet doesn't like King Claudius and sees him as a swindling usurper who has stolen not only the dead King’s throne, but Hamlet’s as well(2.4). Hamlet shows Gertrude that she has lowered her standards by marrying Claudius, When he refers to old Hamlet as, “A combination and a form indeed / Where every god did seem to set his seal” (3.4.55-61).
Osiris was exposed to metaphorical blindness because in the story Osiris’ brother, Set, is very jealous of his position and very well attempts to take it away from him. In the story Set puts together a small group of people who feel the same way about Osiris. They decide to hold a great feast of honour when he had come back from one of his trips. First of all, Osiris was exposed to metaphorical blindness because in the story Isis stated “Do not go my beloved. Set, your brother, is an evil man, who hates you and will do you harm (Osiris and Isis, 205)”.
Though his planned maneuver to murder his uncle Claudius, the contrast between his feigned madness and Ophelia’s true madness, and his ability change behavior around different characters that possess his trust, Hamlet’s true, rational condition emerges from beneath his veil of insanity. Hamlet is not truly mad because he is merely using the guise if madness as part of his plan to murder Claudius. After the ghost of old King Hamlet relates the dreadful story of his demise to the young prince Hamlet realizes that his abhorrence of his uncle Claudius is wholly justified. To avenge his father’s murder, Hamlet valiantly uses his keen mind to devise a plan that will confuse Claudius and lure his uncle into a false sense of security. Hamlet decides the best method of deception to trick Claudius is to pretend that he suddenly becomes a raving lunatic.
Hamlet: Mentally Incapacitated The plight of Hamlet remains to be a hot button topic for experts of varying expertise across time and lands. Upon first glance Hamlet exudes the qualities of a tragic hero, but with closer inspection one can only conclude the Prince of Denmark is a spineless cur with eccentric tendencies. Consorting himself with fickle ghouls of the royal sort, Hamlet takes upon himself a task so monumental the very idea of it sends him into a chaotic confusion and indecision. But it leaves the thought, was Hamlet ever in a healthy enough mental state to have accepted this duty in the first place? The common conclusion is that his melancholy was triggered by the death of his father and his mother’s flighty love; however Harold Bloom suggests that Hamlet never had a close enough relationship with either to have been truly affected by them.
Macbeth is a good people whose ambition gets the better of him. It is unjust for Malcolm to describe him as a “butcher”. At the begging of the play he is a respected person who shares loyality with his men to the king. However Macbeth’s downfall is caused by his ambition for him to be great, which was ignited by the witches’ prophecy. However, Macbeth’s indecision on whether he should kill Duncan or not shows us that ruthless aggression does not come that easily to them.
Could he expose Claudius' actions to everyone and so he serves his rightful punishment? Many different methods could have been used to restore justice in Denmark instead of getting revenge. Not only could he reveal his uncle, but also his mother that he discovers problematic. He does indeed finally kill his uncle after his mother has been poisoned, but only becomes the king long enough to label his replacement as he is dying at the time he slayed Claudius. This great play was a tragedy; but Hamlet had an opportunity to seek justice and finally become king himself.
He then comes up with a plan to have the actors put on a play that is similar to the Murder of King Hamlet. Hamlet assumes that if Claudius has a reaction towards the play, he is guilty. This soliloquy is important because it reveals that Hamlet believes that he is dull spirited, it also points out that Hamlet is frustrated at himself for not having killed Claudius yet. All Hamlet is thinking about for the duration of this soliloquy is Claudius, and how he killed King Hamlet. Toward the end, Hamlet comes up with an idea to know if Claudius is guilty.
Hamlet decides to kill Claudius to seek revenge over his father’s death. In the meantime, Hamlet is given endless opportunities to kill his uncle, one being the time where Claudius is in prayer and Hamlet says: "and so ‘a goes to heaven; /and so am I revenged. That would be scann'd:/A villain kills my father, and for that/ I, his sole son, do the same villain send/to heaven." (3.3.74-78) Although Hamlet is determined to avenge his father through the death of Claudius; he takes any opportunity he can to procrastinate, which includes the excuse of this uncle’s peaceful state of mind. Considering the thought that being in a position with God may cause his death to be less painful, Hamlet chooses to wait, whereas he could have killed him off and ultimately saved his life in the end.
Unlike Hamlet, Laertes is ablaze with motivation and action, and says that he will throw “conscience and grace to the profoundest pit” (4.5. 132). Laertes is very shallow and Hamlet is a genius in comparison. Yet, it is his intelligence and tendency to overthink and not act which is Hamlet’s problem. When Laertes learns of his father’s death he immediately assumes it was Claudius.
Sarcastically, Hamlet states, "What should a man do but be merry? For look you how cheerfully my mother looks, and my father died within's two hours". Unlike Hamlet, Laertes has developed a different kind of madness, a madness that is controlled by revenge. When Laertes is talking to Claudius, Laertes gets so much revenge building up inside him against Hamlet that Laertes now wants to cut his throat.