FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
HAMLET
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to give Hamlet something to distract himself
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to distract Prince Fortinbras from his attack
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to ease the somber mood at Elsinore
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to prove or disprove the claims of the ghost
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Detailed explanation-1: -Hamlet has reason to believe that his uncle is guilty but has no proof. The Murder of Gonzago, also known as The Mousetrap, is a play Hamlet has performed in order to unveil his uncle’s innocence or guilt in the death of his father.
Detailed explanation-2: -This play-within-a-play not only helps Hamlet to judge Claudius’s guilt, but also acts as a spur for his own revenge: it shows him the murder that was done to his father and the murder that could be done to his uncle.
Detailed explanation-3: -What is the purpose of the play that will be staged by the visiting thespians? To prove or disprove the claims of the ghost. When does Hamlet say he is mad? When the wind is travelling north-north-west.
Detailed explanation-4: -The play-within-the-play always serves two functions – to comment on the events of the central narrative and to comment upon the nature of dramatic signification (often the commentary on the central narrative is channeled through the commentary on dramatic signification).
Detailed explanation-5: -The ‘Murder of Gonzago’ is intentionally archaic and artificial in type, because it was necessary to convey the illusion of a stage-play presented before the actors in the main stage-play.