Part one of term paper
William Shakespeare’s drama Hamlet is full of fascinating characters. The most interesting and complex character is the main character, Hamlet. Hamlet delays in killing his uncle and this delay could be taken as a sign of weakness and cowardice, and that he must be truly insane. Hamlet is neither weak nor a coward by any means. Hamlet d ...

Part two of term paper
... guilty. The question of whether Hamlet’s madness is real or pretend depends on the definition of madness. If the term includes being very annoyed, then Hamlet might be called mad. If, on the other hand, madness is having complete loss of reason, not sane, then Hamlet’s spoken thoughts alone prove him to be sane. By his own words, Hamlet is feigning, and it is that his pretend madness is never assumed except in the presence of the king or those whom he considers the king’s agents (Hankins ...