Many questions have been asked if Hamlet, McMurphy and Chief Bromden are crazy or sane. Hamlet is the main character from a play by William Shakespeare called Hamlet. McMurphy and Chief are characters from a novel by Ken Kesey called One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. There have been many scenes in the play where Hamlet might seams crazy but without a doubt he is sane. Even though McMurphy do some crazy things he is definitely not crazy because he is aware of his actions and he does all these insane things just to make the Nurse Ratched mad. Chief Bromden’s character can easily be identified as sane because he knows how to stay out of trouble and from getting electric shock treatments. Hamlet says to Horatio “How strange or odd soe'er I bear myself, As I perchance hereafter shall think meet to put an antic disposition on,” (I. v. 172-174). This quote is said right after when the Ghost tells Hamlet that his uncle Claudius has murdered his father. Hamlet plans on pretending to be a crazy so he can get revenge on Claudius. He also mentions to Horatio that to keep this to himself as a secret. This is perfect quote to proof Hamlet is not crazy and puts on an act as a madman. When Hamlet talks to Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, he tells them in a way that he would be portray as a madman that he has been acting insane. “I am but mad north-north-west: when the wind is southerly I know a hawk from a handsaw.” (II. ii. 132-133). He also let them know that their true reason for visiting him is to spy on him and they have been sent by Claudius. This shows that Hamlet is smart enough to figure out Rosencrantz and Guildenstern purpose to see him. Later in the play he is even able to have them killed through a very sneaky technique for an insane person. Since the first day McMurphy stepped into the asylum he always make other patients feel good about them. He says “I mean- hell, I been surprised how sane you guys all are. As near as I can tell you’re not any crazier than the average asshole on the street-” (Kesey 58). Even though McMurphy said this in a way that would make him sound insane but he wants other patients on the ward to feel normal and only a sane person could do this. He does not want them to think that they are nobody like Nurse Ratched and tells them that they should stand up for themselves. At the meeting between the doctor and Nurse Ratched when they are trying to figure out if McMurphy is insane or not, the third boy says “Of course, the very nature of this plan could indicate that he is simply a shrewd con man, and not mentally ill at all.” (Kesey 133). The workers at the ward know that McMurphy is not crazy and he only causes problems. He neither follows the rule nor listens to Nurse Ratched. The only reason he is in that asylum is to avoid jail because he committed a crime. Many people in the ward believe that Chief Bromden is dumb and deaf because he doesn’t talk. He does not sound crazy when he say "I been silent so long now it’s gonna roar out of me like floodwaters and you think the guy telling this is ranting and raving my God; you think this is too horrible to have really happened, this is too awful to be the truth!" (Kesey 8). Chief stays quiet all the time because of his past was so painful and no one would understand him. Also, he acts deaf and dumb so doesn’t get electric shock treatments and stay out of trouble. This quote in fact makes Chief Bromden sound very sane to readers. Hamlet, McMurphy, and Chief Bromden are characters who cannot be easily figured out. Even though Hamlet says in the beginning that he going to act crazy but several times during the play he might look like that he is no longer acting and he has lost his mind. Many times McMurphy seams crazy because of his inappropriate behavior but he can be concluded as sane. Chief silence and his actions at the beginning of the novel made readers think he is insane but when he speaks he sounds very sensible. These characters can be incredibly challenging to understand at some points but one can successfully negotiate that they are very much sane.