The character of Hamlet in Hamlet

... Hamlet does not have a natural inclination for pretense and dissimulation, rather he develops into a human being that needs pretense to survive. This becomes evident throughout the play, when analysing Hamlets altering ego's and behaviour. It would be a reasonable argument to say he develops a split personality. Hamlet changes from a normal, well-liked man in Act 1, to a man using "madness" as an excuse for his flagrant cowardice in Act 111. The final transition into derangement occurs early in the 1V act, when he refers to himself in the third person. Hamlet is a man that uses this feigned madness originally as a justification for his repeated cowardice. When analysing Hamlet during Act 1, it is notable that he is normal, confident and outgoing, while talking with Horatio regarding the ghost. However, after he sees the apparition for himself, Hamlet seems slightly over persistent, ensuring Marcellus and Horatio

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