Madness and Insanity in Shakespeares Hamlet :: Shakespeare Hamlet Sanity

Hamlet To Be Insane or Not To Be Insane That Tis The Question          With in Hamlet, Shakespeare gives a mental dimension to thethouoghts and do workions of each of his characaters, exspecially hamlet.Shakespeare gives the reader an indepth look into the mind of Hamlet.  Ifshakespeare had not given the reader the complex psychological state of Hamlet,then yes one could say Hamlet was insane, but Shakespeare did.  He made surethat there was an explanation, logical reason for all of his actions. Hamlet, atthe real least was sane.  In the play Hamlet was percieved as being mad, butthere was a just cause.  The symbolic meaning of Hamlets actions are theunderlining meaning for his unconscious(p) motivation toward his actions.  Thismeans that Hamlet, maybe not knowing it at the time, would logically justify hisactions.  For example in act III, Hamlet said to Ophelia           You shou ld not incur believed me          for virtue bungholenot so inoculate our          old stock but we shall relish of it.          I love you not. ... Get thee          to a nunnery...Go thy ways to a nunnery.          (Sc.I 125) Here we can see that Hamlet had told Ophelia earlier in the scene how deeply heloved her, but here he has changed completely, saying that he had never lovedher.  With in this quote he slips in that Ophelia should go to a nunnery.  Thisis his just cause for his maddness.  He tries to get Ophelia to forget him andgo to the nunnery so that she can be safe, and away from all his troubles thatwould soon come.  Here we see his justcause as well as his foreshadowing forthings to come. Like many Princes, Hamlet has been highly educated in Whittenburg, England.Here he has learned to think logically and not to act or think on  impulse.This is why the reader sees Hamlet talkling  to himself.  In act III we seehamlet debating over ideas and problems out loud.  The most obvious one is inhis To Be  soliloquy.          To be, or not to be, that is the          question  Whether tis nobler in          the slings and arrows of out-          rageous fortune.... to decompose - to          sleep No more. (Sc.I 65) Here we can see Hamlet debating with his inner self.  Should I exsist or not?ShouldI sleep or not.  Hamlet argues with his inner consious on the fact that ifhe should die and leave his troubles or live and fight his troubles.  this isnot to be classified as maddness, for he challenges his self for life, not an