The Performative Utterance in Hamlet

-the play is about a man trying to figure out what is real and what isn't

-the central problem of the play is that people's feelings are represented in a non-realistic way

-Polonius has a narrow vision of madness and that hurts him in the play

-Hamlet is a modern man while Polonius is a premodern man 

-Claudius is incapable of controlling his definition of himself 

-Hamlet's evolution is towards faith, closure and acceptance