Hamlet

village Hamlet and his Games By: Lenny Hu In the play Hamlet by William Shakespeare, Prince Hamlet uses many double meaning phrases to verbalise his mind to the audience and the other characters in the play. "I am but mad north-north-west: when the wind is southerly I hunch a hawk from a handsaw" (II.ii.387-8). This is a guiltless example of the "wild and whirling words" with which Hamlet hopes to curve people to believe that he is mad. These words, however, prove that beneath his " clown disposition," Hamlet is very sane indeed.

Beneath his strange quality of imagery involving points of the compass, the weather, and hunting birds, he is announcing that he is calculatedly choosing the times when to out mad. Hamlet feigns insanity because it allows him to do several things that he other would not be able to do (The Hamlet Paradigm, by John S. Mamoun). Hamlet is very far form macrocosm mad, he is perfectly capable of recognizing his enem...If you want to get a full essay, order it on our website: Ordercustompaper.com

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