apos;s father is treasonous and how his death is affecting the country. As the reader can see, the theme of death is prevalent in Act I.
             Throughout Act II Hamlet is determined to trap Claudius and prove that he killed his father. While Claudius sends Hamlet's friends Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to spy on him, Hamlet devises a scheme to catch Claudius. When a troupe is acting out a play, Hamlet decides to have them reenact the murder of his father in order trap his uncle.
             I'll have these players
             Play something like the murder of my father
             Before mine uncle. I'll observe his looks;
             I'll tent him to the quick. If he do blench,
             Clearly, Hamlet is determined to prove Claudius has killed his father and murder him as revenge for his father. The theme of death continues throughout Act II, as Hamlet attempts to flush out the treacherous Claudius.
             In Act III, Hamlet begins to question his own life and whether he would be better off dead than alive. This is shown when Hamlet says,
             To be or not to-that is the question;
             Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
             The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,
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