Hamlet, the philosophical and enigmatic central character of Shakespeare's Hamlet, is a character that deliberately decides to trick his enemies by affecting a mad personality, but in doing so, is changed by his facade. Hamlet, after entering the "unweeded garden" of Denmark, is affected by the evil of the Court. His philosophical studies of the university from which he came have no use in the reality of the political Court, and he must affect a rash and mad character to survive. However, by doing this, Hamlet opens the door to a flood of rashness, surreptitiousness, and cold-heartedness escape.
             Hamlet enters the Court as a young student of the University. Hamlet, although being a Prince, is far more interested in the philosophical than the political. Hamlet is a man controlled by thought; every action must have a reason to justify it. More so, Hamlet even tries to comprehend the unifying basis of action by which every man acts as he tackles complex unanswerable questions such as the thought of life, existence, and death. Hamlet is not a man of action, nor can he survive in a court that demands it. Hamlet, in Act 1 Scene 1, having had a taste of the political reality with which he has little conviction, his father's death, and his mother's hasty marriage to his uncle, decides that he wants no part of this world. He snidely remarks under his breath his denouncement of the wedding rather than proclaiming his disgust. From the beginning of the play, Hamlet is characterized as scholastic, sarcastic, and shy.
             However, as Hamlet is drawn deeper into Denmark's garden, he begins his transformation of character. Learning of his father's murder, Hamlet sets out to avenge his father's death. Hamlet's acceptance of avenging his father's death is his first step into entering Denmark's realm. Once entered into the political and the underhanded world, Hamlet must devise a way to fool his enemies and plot against the King. Hamlet decides to af...