Hamlet (the madman?)

     We are all crazy in our own ways but some of us can just handle it better than others can. In the play Hamlet, Hamlet seems to be able to control his emotions that he is feeling towards his family. The more he seems to contemplate killing his Uncle the more his craziness seems to consume him, but even though he is going crazy over the decision he is still sane enough to form an elaborate plan to kill his uncle so is he really mad?
     Throughout the play Hamlet goes back and forth and doesn't know whether it is better to deal with his problems or to just die so he doesn't have to worry about them anymore. In his "to be or not to be" soliloquy he shows the audience how this decision is impacting him. This is when the decision really starts to consume him so that he really does began to become mad. That being said, he is definitely not mad. He obviously does not let the decision impact the way he makes an elaborate plan to kill his Uncle. If he was truly made and consumed by his problems, there would be no way that he could carry out his plans. He might have gone mad if he did not talk about his problems out load. By talking out loud to himself he made his words and ideas more than just words and definitions. They became reality and really helped him to ultimately make his decision. Words can cause movements when said in the right way and we can see this in the way Hamlet lets out what he is thinking.
     Hamlet may seem like he is mad but the only thing that has really made him get even close to going mad is the ghost that basically told him to do this act of violence. The ghost is the root of all of Hamlet's biggest problems. Hamlet would probably just suffer in silence if the ghost hadn't said something to Hamlet. Even though Hamlet listens he is obviously troubled but not mad because he does execute his elaborate plan.