And finally, Hamlet appears to be mad and insane, but really he is using his madness to hide his true intentions of seeking justice/revenge for his father's murder. ... He desperately seeks attention and wants to be recognized as a very useful figure next to the king. ... Lastly, the tragic hero of the play, Hamlet pretends to be mad or insane just to hide his true intentions and his absolute goal of avenge his father's murder. ...

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(Bloom5) The ghost tells Hamlet that he is the spirit of Hamlet's father who has returned to earth to urge him to seek revenge. ... Polonius asks Ophelia to pretend to be alone while he and the king hide behind the curtains. ... (Schucking12) The ghost of Hamlet's father appears and tells hamlet that it is now time to seek revenge against King Claudius. ... Hamlet watches as the man tosses up the remaining skulls and runs and hide when he sees Laertes, Claudius and Gertrude arrive with Ophelia's coffin. ...

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The ghost told Hamlet to seek revenge on King Claudius, but not to harm Queen Gertrude. ... Hamlets decision to feign madness is a sane one, taken to confuse his enemies and hide his intentions. ... There is no question that his visible madness was his own plan for seeking revenge for his fathers death. ...

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However, Shakespeare acknowledges that Hamlet does hide from his "bloody deed" [IV.iv.58] through the pretence of madness when he still had, "cause, and will, and strength, and means to do't". ... She exposes this by asking him to, "cast thy knighted colour off"[I.ii.68], and not to, "seek for thy noble father in the dust". ...

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After this moment in the play Hamlet comes to the realization that, "Time is out of joint-, and concedes that it is his duty, "O cursed spite, that I was ever born to set it right-(I:iv) to seek vengeance. ... Another reason he uses a "mask- is to hide his true feelings and perhaps allow some aggression to be played out through it. ...

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When Hamlet is asked to seek revenge by the restless ghost of his father, his decency and moral appeal are seen as questionable, and he is seen as a sort of a villain. ... His response to the death of Polonius is to call the man a "rash intruding fool" and rather than find some way to right what he has done and give Polonius a proper burial Hamlet steals the body and hides it. ...

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HAMLET inherits Claudius" will when acting on impulses brought on by the apparition. When he chooses to obey the ghost's command and revenge his father, Hamlet accepts the intent and idea of revenge, widening it slowly entangling him in Denmark's "unweeded garden". This creates a ripple of v...

• Word Count: 2354
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School