1. Some prisoners feigned madness so that they would be released. 2. Could Hamlet, who was known to have feigned madness, be his own expert witness on insanity? 3. Even when feigning madness this Hamlet is unusually open, even transparent in his emotions. 4. Hyperventilating with happiness on Christmas morning, he feigns madness to his housekeeper, Mrs. Dilber, and tries to stand on his head. 5. The residents of the town feigned madness to discourage King John from building a castle there. 6. When he feigns madness, Fiennes shows us that it is not just a tactic or a stalling device. 7. McMurphy deliberately feigns madness to get into the mental hospital and out of the prison work farm. |