Poor Hamlet.
While he only meant to "act" mad ... he is slowly sinking into the twisted land traveled only by those who have nothing left to lose. It is only after the meeting with his mother, seeing the ghost of his father, and slaying Polonius that Hamlet looses what little grasp he has on his sanity. I fear that this is only the beginning and that the worse is yet to come.
Pay particular attention to how Hamlet switches between speaking in poetry and prose; the farther Hamlet sinkes in madness, the less he speakes in poetry, even when he is alone. This is an obvious indication that he is no longer "acting" - but that the need for revenge and madness has taken over his life.
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Portia is correct in her assumptions of sir Hamlet. I agree with the lovely madame and feel that Hamlet's madness has overtaken him. Had Hamlet been my master, I would find myself far away from him as he becomes enthralled deeper and deeper with the idea of revenge. When he slayed sir Polonius my heart wrenched and I found myself fearing him.
Hamlet does seem to lose himself in his madness but I wasn't so much as fearful of him as I was sympathetic. This man lost his father to murder, his mother to his uncle, and is being encouraged to commit a murder that he seems to questions often. He could have done it while he was praying but knew that this would only give him a quick passage into the Promised Land. Polonius should have never hid from behind the curtain; in the first place, it’s a reaction, especially when he thought it was his manipulative uncle.
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