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Amy Whitaker English How does Shakespeare present Hamlet's madness throughout the play? The theme of madness particularly that of Hamlet's is a major theme and mystery throughout the play. Shakespeare presents Hamlet's state of mind in such a way that it is not clear whether his disturbed symptoms of madness are a genuine ailment or if Hamlet is as he warned his friends putting on an "antic disposition" (Act one, Scene five). From the first scene in the play, Shakespeare creates a mood of anxiety and dread. The play begins with a question, creating ambiguity, Francisco's statement "For I am sick at heart," (line nine,scene one, act one) is not only quite morbid but also unexplained, the way Shakespeare writes with these broken rhythms and conversations that don't flow generates an apprehensive atmosphere. The first suggestion of Hamlet's madness is after he has seen the ghost; Hamlet warns his friend's (Horatio and Marcellus) that...

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