Will give !asapfrom "jealousy the green-eyed monster and madness in shakespeare" much has been written already about hamlet’s mental state (bynum & neve, 1985). there has been much dispute about whether hamlet was melancholic, maniacal, neurotic, neurasthenic, hysterical or a malingerer. the analysis and understanding of hamlet’s character has also been influenced by the predominant theory of human personality of the relevant period – in the 20th century this was psychoanalytic theory. what is clear is that hamlet is a complex, dark and opaque enough character to generate potentially inexhaustible description and categorisation. that itself is a triumph of the genius of shakespeare. ((there are at least three aspects of hamlet of interest to a student of human emotions: his grief, his being love-struck, and his these aspects are obviously intertwined but need not be regarded as other than co-extensive.