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Madness Madness seems to be a common theme in William Shakespeare's plays, Macbeth and Hamlet. The questions I ask myself are; 1. What brings about madness in these plays, and 2. How can one tell madness when he/she sees it in a Shakespearean play? The signs of madness are visible in both of these plays by William Shakespeare, After Hamlet has discovered the truth about his father, he goes through a very traumatic period, which is …

…by many factors all listed above. Madness seems to be a common bond in these two Shakespearean plays. Hamlets madness is driven by his quest for revenge, and Macbeths madness is driven by his love for his wife and his lust for power, helped by the wonderful witches. The end result in both of these plays is also the same, every mad person ends up dead in the end, along with a couple innocent by-standers.