:When Hamlet feigns mental illness (some speculate that he actually ''was'' mad) to cover his unusual activities, he confides to Horatio, "I am only mad north by northwest" and "There's a method to my madness" | :When Hamlet feigns mental illness (some speculate that he actually ''was'' mad) to cover his unusual activities, he confides to Horatio, "I am only mad north by northwest" and "There's a method to my madness" |