Hamlet's madness They try to discover whether Hamlet is mad or disguised to be mad Most of them agree that Hamlet's madness is fake But it drives the main plot of the drama forward Most of them acknowledged that Hamlet's madness is unique nbsp Reasons for Hamlet's madness At the very outset it needs to be clear Why Hamlet pretends to be mad There are two reasons for his madness His mother's remarriage with his uncle A question is raised in the heart of Hamlet Why does his mother Gertrude remarry instantly after his father's death He doubts that his mother is responsible for the death of his father To know whether his mother was the murderer or involved in conspiracy he feigned madness Revelation of the real murderer by the ghost of the Old Hamlet The Ghost of Old Hamlet reveals the real killer's name to Hamlet He says that Claudius is the real culprit But Hamlet wants to be sure whether Claudius is the real murderer That is why he feigned madness nbsp Interview with Polonius Polonius Ophelia's father meets with Hamlet After his conservative with Hamlet he realizes that Hamlet has become totally insane After Polonius's departure Hamlet tells him that he is a fool He remarks These tedious old fools nbsp In this place it becomes quite clear that Hamlet is not mad but pretends to be mad nbsp Intellectual conversation with Horatio Hamlet reveals his intellectuality while talking with his friend Horatio His behaviour is like that of a common sense man That is why Horatio feels Hamlet's insight The intellectual conversation between these two friends reveals Hamlet's pretension of madness nbsp The drama of the murder of Gonzalo In The drama of the murder of Gonzalo Hamlet acting in the play The Murder of Gonzalo reveals that he is not mad In this play he pretends to be mad to see the Change in Claudius's face It becomes clear after the play that Claudius is the real murderer of his father nbsp Soliloquies of Hamlet Every single soliloquy of Hamlet proves that he is not mad but rather pretending to be mad For example in the seventh soliloquy Hamlet knows that his delay in avenging his father's murder has cost him dearly The situation is going out of control daily because of his delay in killing Claudius He says How all occasions do inform against me nbsp Here it becomes crystal clear that Hamlet pretends to be mad nbsp In conclusion from the above discussion it is clear that Hamlet's madness exposes his goal His goal is to take revenge on Claudius At last he becomes successful But his madness is life-like and unique throughout the play So it is impossible to explore where he is mad or pretends to be mad from a superficial viewpoint nbsp