Madness and Insanity in Shakespeares Hamlet - The Emotional States of Hamlet :: Shakespeare Hamlet Essays

economic consumption Written Essays - The Emotional States of small town       Hamlet went through various mad verbalizes because of differentunfortunate circumstances that confronted him.  Yet Hamlet never went so farover the edge so as to not pass off back from reality, yet for reasonspsychological, he procrastinated actions that he should have taken, until it wastoo late.  I will first discuss Hamlet, the origins for his queer behavior andif it twas feigned or not.     In the first act we see that Hamlet is a var. of idealistic man coming backto the world from university in Wittenburg.  Coleridge draw Hamlet in thispoint of the play as a reincarnation man, who has never really come in contactwith the dark gradient of humanity.  In the very beginning of Act 1 scene i theguards dialog reflect that there is something rotten in the state of Denmark.It is lavish of corruption, deceit, passion, ruthlessness, and ambition thatHamlet is not used to (Lidz, 71).  His mind temporarily peck not handle hissituation because, as I will honorable mention later, his mother is at the center of it.He has to try to find meaning, perplexity and a stable identity in the midst ofall the evil about him (Lidz, 73).        We clearly see that Hamlet is quite upset by his mothers quite hastymarriage to is uncle, and this causes some deep seeded turned on(p) problems forHamlet.  I can not talk about Hamlets emotional state without also going intothe fact that Hamlet already suspects the King of putting to death his catch, before theghost tells him so (Leavenwoth, 34). First I will go elaborate on how Hamlet,at certain times, was clearly not make-believe insanity, but that insanity onlylasted for brief periods of time because of the emotional blows that Hamletundergoes.        I and many literary folk believe that Hamlet suffered from a Oedipuscomplex. Freud described this as a desire for a young boy to kill his fatherand become sexually involved with his mother. Now that Hamlets father iseliminated, he believes that he will now be the number cardinal person receivingaffection from his mother, Queen Gertrude (Lidz, 48).  This is the principalreason of why crimson though Hamlet should have grown out of the Oedipal, it getsreawakened (Lidz, 48).  But, to Hamlets great dashing hopes his mother hasremarried and he will not be the number integrity person to receive his mothersaffection and his superego is greatly damaged (Leavenworth, 95).  He feels managehis mother has betrayed him in, by marrying, and to boot that she married with