Madness and Sanity in Hamlet

William Shakespeare is one of the greatest playwrights of all time. His writing is famous still today. One of his greatest works is a very controversal, yet intelectually-stimulating play entitled Hamlet. This play is about a prince (Hamlet) whose father, who was king, was killed by his uncle, Claudius, who then took the throne. To complicate the situation further, his mother, Gertrude, married Claudius shortly after the death of his father. His father comes back as a ghost, and when Hamlet confronts him, the ghost tells him about the murder and asks him to seek revenge on Claudius. Th…