Madness i tell you!

Hamlet is a little nuts to begin with... His dad dieing really didnt help. However, when he did see the ghost of his father, i do not think that it either drove him mad or that he just started to pretend to be mad. Honestly, if you or i saw the ghost of our father, how much longer do you think that we would appear normal to anyone else? He has SO much stuff going through his head, his thoughts are racing in such multitude that indeed, he appears insane. Coupled with grief, and a burning desire for revenge, his wits may have left him. In any case, you must draw the line of when you consider someone to be truly MAD; not just sad, mad, or in grieving. Or is there even a line to be drawn? Surely fair ophelia was not mad before her father died, and even afterwards i think that she was in deep depression, but not mentally ill. Her stunt with the invisible flowers was probably a concious one. Not some figment of her imagination. So, honestly i think neither of them were nuts.