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Perception vs. Reality in Hamlet

Characters in Hamlet that are "Mad"

Concluding Thoughts

Examples of Perception Creating Reality from the Play

Elizabethan View on Perception & Reality

Relation of Madness and Perception

Definition of Madness

Definition of Reality

Definition of Perception

Madness is the state of having a serious mental illness. (Oxford Dictionary)

Reality is the state state of things as they actually exist, as opposed to an idealistic or notional idea of them. (Oxford Dictionary)

Perception is the ability to see, hear, or become aware of something through the senses. (Oxford Dictionary)

Thesis

Perception is reality in the play because everyone's reality is based upon what they perceive

The Presence of Madness in Hamlet

Claudius: He can be considered mad because he killed the king and is plotting Hamlet's murder.

Hamlet: He pretends to be mad in order to hide his true thoughts from Claudius.

Ophelia: She is truely mad. Her madness is caused by her father's death.

Polonius: He is mad in the sense that he sends someone to spy on his son.

Laertes: He is mad with anger (threatens to kill the king) after his father's death.

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