crazy

is hamlet mad, and if so, how came about this madness? these are the two questions most commonly summoned when debating hamlets (possible) madness.too bad, but most answers seem to prefer absolute answers ( "to be or not to be" sounds a lot better that "simultaneously both, to varying degrees"). i will be arguing that hamlet, a man who is predisposed for depression, was not mad at the beginning of the play, or perhaps his madness was only a seed. but, in the process of emulating madness, hamlet brought out his own madness.