Hamlet's The Thing Analysis

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The ghost told Hamlet, it was his uncle who murdered his father, but Hamlet needs proof to go ahead and openly accuse King Claudius as a murder. Hamlet decides to devise a trap for Claudius. He wants the traveling players to put on a play whose plot resembles the murder of his father. Hamlet is determined that when Claudius watches a murder take place on stage, his emotional reaction will prove or will deny his guilt. Hamlet believes that “The play’s the thing,” “where in I’ll catch the conscience of the king” (II.ii.581–582)
For the Elizabethan society, the theater represents a very powerful place. The theater was used as a tool for advertising and drawing the public attention to whatever is being performed. While we may consider Hamlets

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