Madness of Hamlet

Madness may be “ a mental incapacity caused by an unmentionable injury.” Madness is one of the major themes in Shakespeare’s play Hamlet. Almost all the characters in the play have moments where, there are irrational actions. Their actions have significant consequences as the play progresses. Ophelia is one of these characters that by the end of the play go insane. However, Ophelia did not choose to become mad, her madness is the fault of …

…the fact that her life was under so much control by her father she lost him. The occurrences after their breakup were even more unsettling to Ophelia because of the unpleasant way Hamlet treated her. The death of her father is more than she can bare, and she ends up going completely insane. Ophelia’s madness and the events that lead her to it are key parts in the plot in Shakespeare’s play, Hamlet