Hamlet

Crazy or not crazy that is the question. What is crazy? Crazy is however one sees it. It can be defined as someone who likes country music could be classified as crazy by someone who likes heavy metal and vice versa. When looking at the word crazy in more depth, it is labeled as being insane and having some sort of mental illness. One reading Hamlet might have thought Hamlet was crazy, if so then one has just been another one of the victims of the use of his great mind and skills. The most convincing proof of Hamlet’s sanity point to his constant admitting that he is pretending madness, his rational thinking when alone, showing madness to only certain characters, his detailed planning, the patience he had when planning them, and the comparison between Ophelia’s craziness with Hamlets.
Hamlet had said, "I am but mad north-northwest: when the wind is southerly I know a hawk from a handsaw" (II, ii: 398-400). This is a classic example of the "wild and whirling words" wi...