FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
HAMLET
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The Murder of Gonzago
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Macbeth
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Julius Ceasar
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The Mouse Trap
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Detailed explanation-1: -This is Hamlet’s name since he has called the play “The Murder of Gonzago” with the Players. He hopes to catch the rat, Claudius, with the play.
Detailed explanation-2: -Claudius asks Hamlet for the play’s title, to which Hamlet replies, The Mousetrap. He says that the play presents the true story of a murder carried out in Vienna.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Mousetrap (also known as The Murder of Gonzago) is a play that Hamlet has visiting actors perform in order to determine whether or not his uncle, Claudius, is guilty of murdering his father, King Hamlet. The plot closely resembles the murder of King Hamlet, to trap Claudius into revealing his guilt.
Detailed explanation-4: -Why, in line 233, does Hamlet refer to the play-within-a-play as “The Mouse-trap"? The name of the play represents how the king is going to be trapped and surprised by the play. It makes the king more anxious.
Detailed explanation-5: -The mousetrap. 53. What is Claudius’ reaction to the play? He becomes upset in the middle of the play; he rises and makes them stop performing.