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…showed last 75 words of 1098 total…who is quick to avenge his father, demonstrating none of the procrastination Hamlet might be said to. It would be wrong to say that Hamlet is mad. He is confused, unsettled, then determined, clever and courageous: an impression that Shakespeare confirms by developing contrasts between his and Laertes' courage, Ophelia's madness and Claudius' scheming. While he may not develop into the picture of a hero, he also does not fit the mold of a madman.