Is Hamlet Crazy? In the play Hamlet written by William Shakespeare, the principle character is the prince Hamlet. He is guided by something called "spirit" which is supposed to be the ghost of his father, who was killed by his own brother, Claudius, which is the new king now. "Though yet of Hamlet our dear brother's death. The memory be green, and that is us befitted". [ACT I, Scene II]. "Therefore our sometimes sister, now …showed first 75 words of 1477 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1477 total…the ghost who visits Hamlet truly is his dead father seeking revenge. To the modern reader, this definition seems like craziness, or scientific fiction. For centuries, people have been discussing the idea on whether Hamlet, the prince of William Shakespeare's tragedy Hamlet, was mad or not. This question is not as easy as it sounds to answer; this is due to the fact that there are numerous arguments to support both sides of the issue.