The extent to which Hamlet suffers from depression Hamlet prince of Denmark, a cunning young man whose character seems to feel sadness, mixed with grief and anger due to recent events. He is also a student at the University of Wittenberg who is forced to leave the university by his mother, Queen Gertrude, and his uncle Claudius (Shakespeare 1.2.110-119). Hamlet's mother soon marries his uncle Claudius, shortly after the death of his father, King Hamlet (Shakespeare 1.2.175-183), whose ghost is now seen by Hamlet himself and drives him to defend his death by killing his uncle Claudius who, according to him, murdered him (Shakespeare 1.5.30-43). Major events that have occurred recently in Hamlet's life cause him to display a tendency to be gloomy and depressed. This is the main reason why his character is called melancholic, which in modern terms equates to the meaning of depression (Blazer 251). Hamlet considers the marriage between his mother, Queen Gertrude, and his father's brother, Claudius, to be adulterous. the highest form of disloyalty on his mother's part, which appears to be the primary source and fuel of his intense grief and hatred for his uncle. This leads Hamlet into a further state of depression, to the extent that he begins to feel hopeless and begins to consider his suicide, and the only reason he doesn't go through with it is because good has made a law against it ; that even this too dirty flesh would melt, melt and resolve into dew, or that the Eternal had not set his canon "against self-killing!" O God, God! How tired, stale, flat and useless...” (1.2.129-133)Hamlet also refers to his life as a point less which is at the...... middle of the paper... . ..hing, 2003. Print.Timbrady, Navin. "Hamlet's Message." Free Hamlet essay. 2004. 123help, Web. 5 February 2010..Smith, Melinda. “Signs, Symptoms, and Treatment of Manic Depression.” Understanding bipolar disorders. 2009. Driving Guide, Web. 5 February 2010..Grand, Ramo. "Bipolar affective disorder". Understanding manic depression. 2007. Canadian Mental Health Association, Web. 5 February 2010.fault.aspx>.Hibbard, G.R. “Mild to Severe Manic Depression.” Types of depression. 1998. Oxford Univ.Press, Web. 5 February 2010. Blazer, Dan. The Age of Melancholy. New York: Brunner-Routledge, 2005. 251. Print.