7. Hamlet tells his friends he will act mad so they do not worry about him and trust that he knows what he’s doing. If he says he is going to be crazy then it is obviously deliberate. He wants his friends to still be loyal to him but if he acts crazy people will start dismissing him for that fact; they will say “ Oh, he’s just crazy don’t mind him” in response to any behavior or actions that might seem bizarre to them. This way he has more freedom to do as he pleases and can get away with things a sane person could never.
14. The quote “”Why, then, ‘tis none to you; for there is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.” Proves Hamlets sanity because an insane person would never be able to show such insight on a subject like this. His insanity proves how smart he really is, tricking everyone into getting what he wants and needs to revenge his father’s death. The second quote “I am but mad north-north-west; when the wind is southerly I know a hawk from a handsaw” suggests that he is only insane when the situation calls for it, but he still understands how to play everyone around him and realizes what he’s doing even if no one else does.
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