The Mad Hamlet William Shakespeare wrote «Hamlet, Prince of
Denmark». «Hamlet, Prince of Denmark» is a tragedy. William
Shakespeare was born 1564 and died 1616. William Shakespeare
himself, was one of the greatest play writers of all times.
Hamlet was an odd character in the play because of the way he
acted. Hamlet is intelligent, mad, and selfish. Hamlet is a very
intelligent character. Claudius and Polonius planned to send
Hamlet to England to be put to death, escorted by Rosencrantz
and Guildenstern. Hamlet was supposed to be killed in England by
getting beheaded, but he found a way around it. «… My head
should be struck off,» (V, 2) «…Read it at more leisure…» (V, 2)
and «…Devised a new commission, wrote it fair...» (V, 2) shows
how Hamlet outsmarted Rosencrantz, Guildenstern, Claudius, and
Polonius. Hamlet wrote a different letter that said that
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern were to be executed, and therefore
cheated death. Hamlet revenged his father's death by murdering
Claudius. After Hamlet found out t