When Hamlet decides to put on an "antic disposition" he is suggesting that he should act like a madman. In Shakespeare's time antic meant disturbingly or even threateningly bizarre or irrational. By acting crazy, Hamlet hopes to confuse the king and make him uneasy.
He decides to "put an antic disposition on" and to swear his friends to secrecy.
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"I shall put an antic disposition on." He's going to pretend to be crazy.
it means horrible
Hamlet starts acting mad in Act 1, after he has seen the ghost of his father. He says, "I'll put an antic disposition on."
Loosely related to the much more common term "antics", meaning "foolish or playful behaviour", the word "antic" is a literary adjective meaning "grotesque or bizarre".
Horatio, Marcellus and Bernardo have heard him say that he "will put an antic disposition on", but neither they nor can any member of the audience be absolutely sure how much of Hamlet's insanity is put on and how much is real. The question forms one of the eternal debates about this play.
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