The motivation for Hamlet’s transformation is the charge given to him by his deceased father’s ghost. Before that he is what people could consider normal if not a little depressed. Hamlet is changed to the core of his being. He becomes sharper with his speech. His comments more pointed especially towards his mother, Claudius and Polonius. Internally, it is all he can do to think about how he is to get revenge and kill Claudius.
It is convincing because while he is alone, he rants and raves about what he must do. His appearance, call it, to say is changed because towards those around him, it seems as though he has gone mad.
His transformation is not well received by those who are closest to him. It seems to them like he is pushing them away. Claudius is worried because he fears Hamlet is up to something and he feels like he needs to keep an eye on him. Both Gertrude and Ophelia are concerned for Hamlet because both of them believe that he has gone mentally insane. The change in Hamlet appears to have created a stronger bond between him and Horatio, for it seems Horatio is the only one Hamlet can trust. He is the one who Hamlet contemplates and consults with on how they are to prove that it was Claudius that murdered his father.
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