Hamlet Essay (2nd Option)

   The play Hamlet can give off many misinterpretations. Some may go on to think that the young Hamlet is crazy and insane. Some may also think that Hamlet is constantly suicidal. Although, by manipulating Shakespeare's text, it's a realization that Hamlet is neither of these things. Hamlet seems to be stuck between an inner conflict and an outer conflict. He has to make the decision to live through all this frustration with the thought of his uncle killing his father and marrying his mom, or to simply end it all by killing Claudius. Hamlet is necessarily mad, or crazy, he's just becoming more and more stressed with the pressure of his father's ghost telling him to kill Claudius. At times in the plot, Hamlet does seem insane, but morally, who wouldn't be bitter about his "uncle" murdering his father, marrying his mother, then taking over the throne? Hamlet is simply just a teenager trying to deal with the troubles of his young life.
   A frustrating situation like the one Hamlet is in is hard to go through for anybody, better yet a young teenage boy. And that's what a lot of people look passed when reading this play and suddenly framing Hamlet as crazy. All his life, Hamlet has never been introduced to such cruelty. He's been taught to do the right thing and set examples because of his hierarchy. That's why when his "uncle", Claudius, commits such an action, Hamlet is furious. In the play, both Claudius and Queen Gertrude just think Hamlet is crazy. What they don't know is that Hamlet is just putting on an "act" so later on when he fools them, they will sound like idiots after saying how stupid Hamlet was. Claudius and Gertrude later on figure that Hamlet is up to something so he is followed and spied on by his "friends". All the frustration and having to cope with the whole situation leads Hamlet into becoming bitter, not mad.
   It's tough when you can't trust the ones who you thought were always there for you. First Hamlet is stabbed in the back by his uncle, Claudius. Then, immediately after, his mother marries his father's brother. Not only has he lost his dear father, but his mom is slowly being clubbed into dank submission as well. And right when Hamlet thought he could count on his friends Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, they betray him as well. They spy on him and report back to Claudius what Hamlet is up to. The whole situation is sickening to Hamlet and living each day like this causes him to become bitter.
   Throughout the whole play, no one knows exactly what Hamlet is thinking or feeling. Everyone just took a wild guess that he was simply crazy because all of what was going on in his life at the moment. With Hamlet's wittiness, he took this into consideration and used it as a tool to gain vengeance upon Claudius. Hamlet is constantly facing both an internal and external conflict while trying to decide if should just put up with all that's happening in his life or to kill Claudius and end the madness. Hamlet may come off insane, but he is really just bitter, and in search for an escape of the surrealness.