The mental disposition of a person is hard to ascertain without first-hand experience from being around them for an extended amount time and having conversations with them. In William Shakespeare’s play Hamlet, the character Prince Hamlet is seen as a person with erratic and vengeful behavior. The characters contemplate Hamlet’s madness, wondering if he is simply deranged or a conniving genius. His apparent madness is a façade that is being used to accomplish his goal for revenge. Even though the revenge that he seeks is eventually fulfilled, Hamlet’s actions lead not only to his own demise but also the demise of his friends and family. The apparent madness of Hamlet originates from the murder of his father by Claudius, his Uncle-Father. “The clouds still hang”(I.ii.68) on the Prince’s head because he seeks the truth and answers about his “noble father”(I.ii.73). It is clear that the Old King Hamlet’s murder still looms over Hamlet because he wears “thy nighted color” as evidence of mourning(I.ii.70). It seems as if Hamlet has nothing good going for him other than his love affair with Ophelia, the daughter of Claudius’ advisor. As with the majority of relationships in the play, their consanguinity soon falls apart due to lies and deceit only to push Hamlet further into a cynical depression. Early in the play, Hamlet hints to his semblance many times. One of these times is when he is talking to his friend, Guildenstern, and indicates that his father and mother “are deceived”(II.ii.379). Hamlet alludes to this by saying that he is “but mad north-north-west. When the wind is southerly I know a hawk from a handsaw”(II.ii.381-382). By this, Hamlet is informing Guildenstern that he is only crazy at times, but at other times he is not. The times he acts crazy is when he is putting on a façade for his parents so that they do not know he is plotting revenge. The other times are when Hamlet is by himself and ha