Hamlet's Use of Antic Disposition is a Tragic Error
Title: Hamlet's Use of Antic Disposition is a Tragic Error
Category: /Literature/English
Details: Words: 959 | Pages: 3 (approximately 235 words/page)
Hamlet's Use of Antic Disposition is a Tragic Error
Category: /Literature/English
Details: Words: 959 | Pages: 3 (approximately 235 words/page)
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…showed last 75 words of 959 total…of his mind, but as the plot unfolds he is thrown into a fit of true madness.
Through examination, it is proven that Hamlet's choice of displaying an antic disposition is a tragic error on his part. Claudius was the only courtier who sees through the act, Ophelia fell into utter madness, and Hamlet convinces himself that he has lost his mind. As Claudius said, "Madness in great ones must not unwatched go." (III; i; 191) 1