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In your opinion, is "madness" one of the main themes and significant ideas in Shakespeare's play "Hamlet"?

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Date Posted: 2016/01/21
Artemis Derevyanko Derevyanko
by Artemis Derevyanko Derevyanko , Barista , Kymata

Well I will say just one thing not about Shakespear's art but for everyone who is envolving there , No one can make an art if he is not madness

Salim Shaikh
by Salim Shaikh , Legal Counsel , Legis Consults

Not always, however, there is always a method in madness....

chaib abderrahmen
by chaib abderrahmen , teacher , primary school

madness has always been the dominant theme in the chieftains of shakespeare's

madness is one of the main themes in the shakespeare's tragedy hamlet.

Tajudeen Salami
by Tajudeen Salami , Head Teacher , Ghana Education Service

Yes, I think "madness" could seen as one of the main themes in  Shakespeare's"Hamlet".

Nahya Shaqsy
by Nahya Shaqsy , teacher , Teachers service comission

madness is related to love in shakespears play hamlet

Ram kumar
by Ram kumar , ENGLISH TEACHER , Bharathi Vidhya English Medium School

Polonius diagnoses Hamlet's condition as madness due to his love of Ophelia

Pradeep Sharma
by Pradeep Sharma , English Language Training Instructor , King Abdul Aziz University, Jeddah (KSA)

Madness is but one of the themes in Hamlet, quite significant one, to be sure, but not the major theme. It is not exactly madness, but pretended madness that is working there. The central character pretends to be mad to delve deeper into something else. The major theme in Hamlet is man's reaction to feeling of guilt, a deeply psychological issue. It is directly related to humanity's ideas towards the origin of guilt itself, and the shaping of human culture: what is that our culture decides to be a guilt; why is it a guilt, and what are the evil consequences, for the whole of human race, if just one responsible man transcends the culturally allowed limits of behaviour.        

Ahmad Saleh
by Ahmad Saleh , Part-time English Teacher , ITA

Indeed! Madness is a prevalent theme throughout the play but with some ambiguity. Hamlet's madness is the most contentious because he seems to be sane at times especially when he arranges the play and asks  Horatio to observe his uncle. The other characters' madness ,Ophelia and Laertes, is less subtle, being the result of loss and bereavement. 

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