THOUGHTS ON HAMLET (IN PROGRESS)

The only person who I have really changed my mind about in the play so far is Hamlet, and I feel that it is due to an actual change in himself.  Hamlet went from being completely sane in the beginning to becoming the tenth song on Talking Heads: 77 in act three.  I guess his obsession with avenging his father caught up with him, and drove him crazy.  This is a common thing in literature (obsession driving people crazy), and is seen in The Portrait of Dorian Grey and The Lord of the Rings.  Shakespeare was using this to show that obsession really can drive people crazy.