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The Mad crossroads          William Shakespeare wrote " critical point, Prince of Denmark". "Hamlet, Prince of Denmark" is a tragedy. William Shakespeare was born 1564 and died 1616. William Shakespeare himself, was one of the greatest play writers of all times. Hamlet was an whimsical character in the play because of the way he acted. Hamlet is intelligent, mad, and selfish. Hamlet is a very intelligent character. Claudius and Polonius planned to send Hamlet to England to be put to death, escorted by Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. Hamlet was supposed to be killed in England by getting beheaded, but he found a way approximately it. " My head should be struck off," (V, 2) "Read it at more blank" (V, 2) and "Devised a new commission, wrote it fair..." (V, 2) shows how Hamlet outsmarted Rosencrantz, Guildenstern, Claudius, and Polonius. Hamlet wrote a different garner that said that Rosencrantz and Guild enstern were to be executed, and therefore cheated death. Hamlet revenged his fathers death by murdering Claudius. after(prenominal) Hamlet found out that the sword he and Laertes were struck with was poisoned he then stabbed Claudius with it "The record envenomd too? Then, venom, to thy work." (V, 2) From Hamlets point of view, what he did to Ophelia was intelligent. When Ophelia went mad she said, "tomorrow is Saint Valentines Day N invariably departed more," (IV, 5) and "Young men go out dot, if they come tot You promised me to wed." (IV, 5) Ophelia was saying that Hamlet told her that they would get married if she had sex with him, and that he neer showed any love for her, this was intelligent from Hamlets or some males point of view.Hamlet was mad throughout the whole play. Hamlet murdered Rosencrantz, Guildenstern, Claudius, Laertes, Polonius, and may have been the reason Ophelia went mad and drowned. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern "He should the bearers" (V, 2) Claudius " Then, venom, to thy work," (V, 2) Laertes "They bleed on some(prenominal) sides" (V, 2) Polonius "Dead for a ducat, dead," (III, 4) Ophelia "What the fair Ophelia" (V, 2) At one point Hamlet was so mad and depressed he wanted to kill himself. "To be, or not to be, that is the question" (III, 1) The worst possible thoughts that Hamlet could have ever thought, he thought incestuously about his mother and himself. He never said that he wanted to be with his mother, but he was sound mad that Claudius took the throne from him at the beginning of the play, not that his father was dead.