Why does Hamlet apologize to Laertes? Hamlet apologizes for his madness doing Laertes evil rather than himself being the one in the wrong. He blames his own madness. Laertes' father's death was an accident.

Is Hamlet's apology to Laertes sincere?

Many commentators have been unhappy about Hamlet's apology to Laertes (lines 198–216). ... Yet here, Shakespeare surely intends Hamlet to sound sincere. The tone of the final lines is moving but the reasoning seems unsatisfactory. The apology is one of the Prince's most perplexing utterances.

When did Hamlet apologize Laertes?

Hamlet clearly apologizes to Laertes in act 5, scene 2.