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In one of the best written and classical plays by Shakespeare Hamlet, is Hamlet really mad? A close analysis of the play reveals that Hamlet is straightforward and sane. His actions and thoughts are a logical response to the situation in which he finds himself. However, he assumes antic-disposition to undercover the truth of his father’s death. In the first act, Hamlet appears to be very straightforward in his actions and thoughts. When questioned by Gertrude about his melancholy appearance Hamlet says, “Seems, madam! nay it is; I know not ‘seems.’” (I, ii, 76) This is to say that ‘I am what I appear to be.’ Later he makes a clear statement about his thoughts of mind when he commits himself to revenge. Hamlet says, “…I’ll wipe away all trivial fond records, All saws of books, all forms, all pressures past, That youth and observation copied there; And thy commandment all alone shall live Within the book and volume of my brain…” (I, v, 100-104) With this statement, the play makes a transition. Hamlet gives up the role of a student, and commits himself to nothing else but the revenge of his father’s death. There is no confusion and certainly no sign of madness in Hamlet’s character. In Chapel