Sane or Mad Hamlet: Support for Both Positions Shakespeare's tragic hero, Hamlet, and his sanity can undoubtedly be debated. Many parts of the play support his loss of control in his actions, while other parts support his ability for dramatic artistry. The issue can be argued either way and overall provides significant support for both theories. There are indications from Hamlet throughout the play about the well-being of his mind. Hamlet's old-fashioned nature may have caused him to find himself in a role-playing game at certain times. Hamlet has mood swings as his mood changes abruptly throughout the play. Hamlet seems to go mad when he learns of his father's murder. At that moment he utters wild, swirling words: Why, right; You are right; And so, without further circumstances, I deem it appropriate that we shake hands and part... [Act I, scene V, lines 127-134]. There seem to be two Hamlets in the play, a sensitive one and an ideal prince, and the mad and barbaric Hamlet who in a burst of passion and rage kills Polonius without any feeling of remorse, you miserable, reckless, foolish intruder, farewell! / I got you for your best. Take your luck;/ Finding that being too busy is a danger. - [Act III. scene IV, lines 31-33] and then talks about dragging his entrails into another room. After Hamlet kills Polonius, he will not tell anyone where the body is. Instead he assumes his irony that others take it as madness. Not where he eats, but where he is eaten. / A certain convocation of political worms assails him. [Act IV, scene III, vv. 20-21]If your messenger does not find him there, look for him in the other place. But, in fact, if you don't find it within this month, you will smell it as you go up the stairs into the lobby. [Act IV, scene iii, lines 33-36]. Hamlet's behavior throughout the play, especially towards Ophelia is inconsistent. He jumps into Ophelia's tomb and fights Laertes in his tomb. He says I loved Ophelia. Forty thousand brothers/Could not, with all their amount of love,/Make my sum [Act V, scene I, lines 250-253], during the fight with Laertes in Ophelia's tomb, but he tells her he doesn't she never loved, when she returned her letters and gifts, while she was still alive. Hamlet subtly alludes to his awareness of his fading sanity as he tells Laertes that he killed Polonius in a fit of madness [Act V, Scene II, lines 236-250]