Hamlet's Oedipal complex with Gertrude and the question of whether or not he was really insane or just feigning it all along.

Michelle Hebert English 203 11/11/03 Hamlet, the Ultimate Mama's Boy Hamlet went through various emotional states because of different unfortunate circumstances that confronted him. Yet Hamlet never went so far over "the edge" so as to not come back from reality, yet for reasons psychological, he procrastinated actions that he should have taken until it was too late. I will first discuss Hamlet, the origins for his queer behavior and if it twas feigned or not. In …

…cunning revenge scheme. Sadly, in the end, his way of thinking could not allow him to go through with avenging his father, until he was near death himself. Babcock, Weston. A Tragedy of Errors. Purdue Research Foundation. 1961. Charlton, Lewis. The Genesis of Hamlet. Port Washington, NY: Kenniket Press, 1907. Leavenworth, Russel E. Interpreting Hamlet: Materials for Analysis. CO, San Francisco: Chandler Publishing Company, 1960. Lidz, Theo. Hamlet's Enemy: Madness and Myth in Hamlet. NY: Basic Books, Inc. 975.