In Vi, Hamlet fights with Laertes about who loved Ophelia more at her funeral. As Mr. Laz pointed out today in class, this reinforces that fact that Hamlet is going crazier because no one sane would jump into the middle of a funeral and fight with the deceased’s brother. Do you think Shakespeare intentionally had Hamlet pick the fight at the funeral because he wanted to keep up with his "pretend madness," he is actually becoming mad, or he was truly upset about Ophelia's death and just lost control?

--Laura C