If anything the quote,"Why, then, 'tis none to you; for there is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so", directly affirm the belief that Hamlet is indeed acting. For the ability to bestow upon his friends such philosphical truths can not be done in a state of complete grief and sorrow. Hamlet is an intellectual and at this point he is using his acting abilities to conceal his true intentions. Which are to achieve as much information from everyone as he can and to get his revenge on King Claudius. Hamlet believes that everything in the world is relative. Every deed and every act can be taken in numerous ways by different people. He believes that nothing is universally good or bad. He believes the people of society cast upon life these false ideas of moralit. Therefore, he believes that there is no true wrong and there is no true good. Everything is relative
Personally, I do not agree with Hamlet's statement. For I believe a society must hold unviersal wrongs and unviersal "goods". Amongst other things, we must all believe that killing with malicious intent just for the sake of killing is wrong. Likewise we must believe that helping those who are less forutnate is indeed a universal good. Therefore, I disagree with Hamlet.
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