Hamlet and Melancholia

William Shakespeare's Hamlet has always provided literary critics with a rich source for character analysis. This source has grown as critics no longer evaluate Hamlet as an artistic representation limited to the depth of which the author characterizes him but rather evaluate him as a living human being (Lowers 10). As the scrutiny on Hamlet the human being has intensified, many people have been called to wonder if Hamlet is insane. Before trying to answer this …

…He is confronted with dilemmas that would make many people psychotic, delusional, or suicidal. Hamlet's psychological soundness is not unshakable, however. The combined losses of his father, his mother, Rosencrantz, Guildenstern, and Ophelia and the problems presented by his father's ghost and Claudius are too much for Hamlet to bear. Still, Hamlet probably only suffers from neurotic depression, which is a very mild condition when the causes are considered. Bibliography Sorry, I lost the Bibliography.