Is Hamlet Insane Or Not Insane? That Is The Question Though Hamlet is not mad, because of his retainment of rational thoughts and intelligent actions, it is evident that he is, however, emotionally disturbed. The beginning of the play immediately lets the audience know that Hamlet is plagued by two things: first, his father, the late King of Denmark, who he greatly revered as a great warrior and brave man, has just been killed. Second, Hamlet’s mother has hastily remarried his uncle not more than a month after King Hamlet’s funeral. To add to Hamlet’s troubles, he receives a visit form the ghost of his father who tells him