Part one of term paper
In the play “” by William Shakespeare, Prince uses many double meaning phrases to speak his mind to the audience and the other characters in the play. "I am but mad north-north-west: when the wind is southerly I know a hawk from a handsaw" (II.ii.387-8). This is a classic example of the "wild and whirling words" with which hopes to pers ...

Part two of term paper
... it allows him to do several things that he otherwise would not be able to do…” (The Paradigm, by John S. Mamoun). is very far form being mad, he is perfectly capable of recognizing his enemies. 's madness was faked for a purpose. He warned his friends he intended to fake madness, but Gertrude, Claudius, and even the slightly dull-witted Polonius saw through it. His public face is one of insanity but in his private moments of soliloquy, through his confidences to Horatio, and in his care ...