Hamlet is a piece of writing that demonstrates a young man who goes through hardships that is always surrounding him from the sudden death of his father to the cruel marriage between his own uncle and mother. Hamlet is constantly conflicted throughout the play because he is confronted by his father's ghost who speaks about what really happened to him before he was killed by "King" Claudius. As he learns about the truth, he grows into a being that mainly focuses on getting revenge towards Claudius and Gertrude for the sake of his late father and when his plan finally starts he affects all those around him to the extent that they all think that he has become a "lunatic". In reality, the audience senses that Hamlet is not necessarily "crazy" throughout the play but a man who uses his intelligence and dedication to get into peoples' heads for revenge.
Hamlet possesses this connection with the spirit of his father and how the ghost controls him on what is the best way to get revenge on Claudius, which is by directly killing him, and Gertrude, which is to let her live and rot with the the guilt the rest of her life. We notice that Hamlet doesn't really have his own voice or actions through the beginning of the play because he feels pressured and secured in a difficult position from his father's authoritative presence stuck within him. He resumes to complete his duties and is not confused on what to do by imagining of what he will do to his disrespectful uncle, but their was one thing holding him back --ability to actually killing someone, especially someone that is a part of his family. As the story goes on, the characters especially Gertrude and Claudius notice that Hamlet has been gradually getting crazier and crazier, but they can't really tell anyone because no one would believe them since Hamlet is seen as an cautious, quiet individual by the public. Since Hamlet isn't a man to talk back to his elders, his thoughts on attacking Claudius and lashing out at others is kept within himself, which is obviously seen in his "to be or no to be" soliloquy because he finally explodes. He explodes about the confusion he got himself in on whether he is capable of doing the deed. Am I doing the right thing? or Is this morally wrong of me to do? Hamlet finally notices that he must make his own decisions and that he should have his own voice be heard and seen, so he takes on actions that Claudius and Gertrude can be warned. He also has a one-on-one conversation with his mother where he finally speaks about he is embarrassed of what she has done to just remain as Queen and gradually the conversation becomes more intense that Hamlet raises his voice with much passion of his own thoughts. He starts to get out of control because he was influenced so much from the past and motivated to do anything to just finish what he started --making sure Claudius and Gertrude suffer just like the "late" Hamlet.
From DeBoer's paper, he addresses how Hamlet is just trapped under the perceptions of his surroundings that he can't even manage to create his own thoughts and bring them into reality. Throughout the whole play, Hamlet has been trying to identify his "real self" and manage to converse about his own choices and how it could benefit others and destroy those who has slowed him down.We will also learn more about a character in Shakespeare on the syntax they demonstrate and how they deliver each and every word to the audience, this connects the performance of Hamlet with his true feelings. Most of Hamlet's speeches are soliloquies or one-on-one conversations because he just holds all his emotions inside and just talks all about his issues and thoughts when he is all alone. DeBoer also explains that Shakespeare makes his plays feel more realistic by addressing emotional relationships between the characters. One is the relationship between Hamlet and Gertrude on how they grew to actually find each other crazy and an embarrassment, but in reality they do care about each because they are still mother and son. Lastly, Hamlet is not mainly focusing on Hamlet to get back at Claudius and Gertrude for his father's sake but to just be recognized and fully respected by the most important person in his life --himself.
Personally, I don't think Hamlet is "nuts" because he is a man who is simply tricking everyone to think he is a "lunatic" so he can have the last laugh and fulfill all his duties on getting revenge. He grows into an individual that has his own voice and takes on his own actions because he gets to confront his mother for her horrible decisions and killing Polonius. He slowly gets into Claudius's radar in the play and once he is finally recognized by Claudius, that is the time for him to take action and finish what he has started. Hamlet is a being that is not "crazy" and "ballistic", but one who is acting "nuts" just to look vulnerable in everyone else's perspectives and finally prove that he is a man that is always on the side that is morally right.
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