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…showed last 75 words of 1066 total…he is likely at the very edge of sanity during many of the most intense moments, particularly at the performance of the play-within-a-play. Most likely, Hamlet's decision to feign madness is a sane one, taken to confuse his enemies and hide his intentions from the denizens of Elsinore. But after all, Hamlet is in a unique and traumatic situation, one which reveals the truths and ideals that normally stabilize the mind to be themselves unstable.