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Madness in 'Hamlet'
- AO2 (dramatic effects, language, structure, quotations)
- 'Alas he's mad'
- 'Antic disposition'
- 'Crafty madness'
- 'He that is mad and sent into England'
- 'Divided from herself'
- 'mad young man'
- 'But mad in craft'
- 'Alas he's mad'
- AO1 (understanding, terminology)
- Protagonist and antagonist
- Catharsis
- Characterisation
- Conflict
- Pathos
- Plot
- Soliloquy
- Theme
- Tone
- Tragic hero
- Tragic flaw
- Protagonist and antagonist
- AO5 (interpretations, critical views)
- Shakespearean audience would have
perceived Hamlet's madness as that of
an anguished lover
- Romanticism: Madness a common theme
- Ernest Jones' psychoanalysis of Hamlet suggests he has an Oedipus complex
- Kenneth Branagh wore a straitjacket
- Shakespearean audience would have
perceived Hamlet's madness as that of
an anguished lover
- AO3 (context)
- Bethlehem Royal Hospital (Bedlam)
- Shakespeare clearly fascinated by mental illness as it
features in some of his most popular plays
- Potentially influenced by Dr John Hall, his son-in-law
- Potentially influenced by Dr John Hall, his son-in-law
- Madness seen as a disease
- Adds to the tension for Denmark being 'rotten' and a diseased body
- Adds to the tension for Denmark being 'rotten' and a diseased body
- Bethlehem Royal Hospital (Bedlam)
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