Hamlet In the play Hamlet, written by William Shakespeare, Hamlet never loses his sanity, in his plan to feign madness. Hamlet tells Horatio and Guildenstern that he is feigning his madness. Hamlet only acts mad around characters whom he has suspicion of their knowledge concerning his father’s death. Hamlet professes to his mother that he is merely acting insane. Hamlet tells Horatio and Guildenstern that he is feigning his madness. Hamlet has spoken with …showed first 75 words of 582 total…

…showed last 75 words of 582 total…only acts mad around characters whom he has suspicion of their knowledge concerning his father’s death. Hamlet professes to his mother that he is merely acting insane. Hamlet knows his father was wronged and he must decide whether or not to avenge his death. Acting quickly, Hamlet assumes the role of insanity in an effort to confirm his suspicions about his father’s death “’ . . . though this be madness, yet there be method in’t.