Read act ii of hamlet. then explain how shakespeare uses indirect characterization in act ii, scene i, as a device to develop hamlet’s pretended insanity?

He describes how people are behaving and what they are doing, including Hamlet and how his actions are perceived in the eyes of others. Direct would be if he directly told us things about Hamlet and his insanity, but this way he doesn't tell us but we understand the implications from the descriptions of what is going on.