He intends to use words that will be like daggers, but he intends to put them into murderous action (3.2.378-379). Before going to talk to his mother, he meets the king as he regrets his actions. Hamlet almost kills him, but stops when he realizes that the King will go to Heaven because he has repented (3.3.76-80). This stops Hamlet and proves that he is plotting the king's death. An insane person would not have the ability to think about the consequences of his choice while he is one step away from the murder he desires. In both cases, Hamlet uses discipline to ensure that his plan works perfectly. When the queen was asked if she knew what Hamlet was like, she said that he was as mad as the sea and the wind (4.1.6-7). This actually helped Hamlet in his plan because he was able to deceive the king even more. Unfortunately, Ophelia was also influenced by Hamlet's acting skills and went mad. She could not handle the emotional stress that Hamlet caused her by claiming that he did not love her, even though she had once claimed to love him, and also the death of her father. Eventually, he falls from a branch into a stream and dies. Even though this is not part of Hamlet's plan, it continues with the plan of