Hamlet Pleads Sane William Shakespeare’s play Hamlet is considered to be a great tragedy in the eyes of many. In the play, the protagonist, Hamlet, is on a quest to avenge the death of his father. At the beginning of the play, Hamlet is upset that his mother married his uncle, Claudius, only two months after his father’s death. As the story progresses, Hamlet is confronted by King Hamlet’s ghost. The ghost informs Hamlet that he was murdered by Claudius. When the ghost asks Hamlet to seek revenge for his murder, Hamlet takes on the task whole-heartedly. Hamlet’s actions, in the first half of the play, are rooted in revenge and anger, not madness. I can prove he is not crazy and acts as a normal human, out of curiosity. Hamlet’s first soliloquy begins by him suggesting, “Oh,that this too, too-solid flesh would melt, Thaw, and resolve itself into a dew! Or that the Everlasting had not fix’d His canon 'gainst self-slaughter!”(Shakespeare 1.2.129-132).This excerpt clearly highlights Hamlet’s thoughts regarding his mother’s recent nuptials. It only took Gertrude two months after the death of King Hamlet to marry Claudius. This abrupt marriage causes Hamlet to suspect that something might have been taking place between the two before his father’s death. Hamlet reacts as any logical or sane individual who finds himself in the same situation. Hamlet’s anger towards the hasty marriage between Claudius and Gertrude is a logical reaction that any sane individual has; thus highlighting the fact that Hamlet is in fact not crazy but is of sound mind. When the ghost of Hamlet’s father makes his appearance on stage, everyone in the scene is horrified except for Hamlet. When the ghost beckons Hamlet to follow him, Hamlet does so without hesitation. When his friends try to stop him for fear of his life, he quickly draws his sword and threatens that he will, “make