What Is The Mousetrap In Hamlet

Prince Hamlet is called home from Denmark to go to his father’s funeral. When he returned he was very appalled to see his mother already remarried. He comes to find out she remarried his uncle, his father’s brother. Even worse he realizes that his uncle and new step dad has crowned himself king. Hamlet senses that something isn’t right. Hamlet’s father’s ghost appears at the castle and claims he was murdered by Claudius, Hamlet’s uncle. Hamlet finds himself questioning if the ghost was real or sent from Satan to test him. To see how trustworthy the ghost was, Hamlet got actors and created a play called “The Mousetrap” that reenacted the scene of how his father supposedly died. His uncle, Claudius, goes to watch the play and during