How Does Hamlet Feel at the End of Act 2

Hamlet feels locked up and spied on even by his own friends. He has to hide his thoughts and feelings by acting out his madness. In the end of Act II, Hamlet reveals his plan for testing Claudius’s guilt.

Why is Hamlet angry with himself at the end of Act 2?

In Act II Hamlet is angry with himself because he doesn’t understand how an actor can get so emotional over a speech that he is reading, while Hamlet, who is actually in the real situation, is passive in his emotions, “Is it not monstrous that this player here, but in a fiction, in a dream of passion, could force his …

How does Hamlet feel about himself Act 2 Scene 2?

Hamlet calls himself names, curses himself, and berates his own cowardly inaction. He resents himself for being unable to stir up the anger and vengefulness he would need to man up and murder Claudius. Hamlet knows that he’s stalling, and hates himself for it.