Hamlet #4

Hamlet is able to perpetuate his facade as a madman and devise a plan to see whether or not Claudius is the real murderer of King Hamlet. No one suspects Hamlet of doing anything wrong which allows him to pursue his plot. His plot revolves around a certain play:"the play's the thing/Wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king" (2.2.606-607). Hamlet cannot decide whether or not to trust the ghost of the king and the play seems to be the answer. Hamlet wishes to take justice in his own hands and expose King Claudius for his true identity, a murderer