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Is Hamlet mad?

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Yes and no. Hamlet claims that he is faking his madness, but there are times where the reader can't truly tell whether hamlet is mad or not. It is up to interpretation. Whether his madness was truly fake or not is up to the kind of interpretation the reader/actor puts into it.

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