Hamlet's Genius, the somewhat sane Prince of Denmark Sometimes, revenge can be absolutely unpleasant and repeated. A Serbian patriot once killed an Austrian archduke in revenge for the Austrian occupation of his land. Austria retaliated by starting the First World War. After the war, the Allied powers retaliated by imposing large fines and taking land from the defeated countries. One of them was Germany. This led to Hitler's rise to power and he took revenge on France by having them sign their surrender on the same train on which Germany surrendered during World War I. After World War II, Germany was forced to repair some of the damage done by paying war reparations. to the Allies and the Jewish people after the war. When countries resort to revenge, history reiterates that, more often than not, it means war. On a smaller scale, in Hamlet, the Prince of Denmark begins an internal war that causes quite significant internal struggles, as well as an external war with Claudius to avenge his father's death. William Shakespeare masterfully portrays Hamlet, whose experiences and emotions push him to alternate between the realms of sanity and madness to achieve his ambition. As the old saying goes, “desperate times call for desperate measures.” These "desperate times" include the murder of his father Hamlet Senior, king of the Danes, by his evil uncle Claudius, the apparent suicide of his love, Ophelia, the quick marriage of his mother to Claudius after the death of his father. grasp the meaning of madness to understand Hamlet's audacity in using it and why he unconsciously fell into his act. Insanity is a condition of the mind that abolishes all rational thought leaving an individual without accurate understanding...... middle of paper ......l: be impartial and direct with me whether you have been called or not . ”Another way to evaluate his mental stability is to thoroughly analyze his behaviors and reactions during the agreed meeting with Ofelia. Ophelia, after Gertrude, should be the woman who knows him best. However, Ophelia's judgment may be altered by her affection and the juxtaposition of the pain he has brought into her life, which is why Polonius, the king, and the queen are all observing what has happened. In the film Hamlet, he is depicted as acting normally towards her, albeit reserved. Suddenly, he drastically changes his behavior when he glimpses a shadow; the shadow aspect is heavily emphasized in the film. The message being conveyed is that the shadow makes Hamlet aware of the spying and observations around him, so he continues with the facade.