7. Hamlet tells his companions he is likely to put on an "antic disposition" to inform them of his strategy. Hamlet is confiding in Horatio and Marcellus. In a way, him confiding in them is a natural reaction to his anger and grief after receiving the news from his father's ghost. He certainly wants to include his friends in his scheme in some way- it would be difficult to have to go through it completely alone.
14.Hamlet is implying that he knows that his friends have been sent for by his "uncle father" and "aunt-mother." He claims that there is nothing good or bad in his current circumstance but that over-thinking would make it seem one way over the other. Hamlet's statement is meant to reveal to his old friends that he has everything under control. I agree with his belief. He has a clear strategy to avenge his father and his "madness" is part of the plan. In the second quote Hamlet is in a way confessing that he is not actually mad. He states "when the wind is southerly I know a hawk from a handsaw" which is a way of stating that he still has his wits about him. He is capable of seeing things for what they are. His "antic disposition" is one of convenience.
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