The Madness of Hamlet (1768 words, 2 pages)
"I am but mad north-north-west when the wind is southerly I know a hawk from a handsaw" (II.ii.376-7). This is a classic example of the "wild and whirling words" (I.v.134) with which Hamlet hopes to persuade people to believe that he is mad. These words, however, prove that beneath his ...
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