tion of the devil, tempting him to commit a mortal sin. If Claudius did not
             murder his father, then killing him will damn his soul. To resolve the question, Hamlet
             devises a plan to test the truth of the ghost's story. He arranges for the performance of a
             scene from The Murder of Gonzago , a play depicting a murder very similar to the on the
             ghost related. "The play's the thing," Hamlet says to himself, "Wherein I'll catch the
             Hamlet wants to make sure that his own observations are accurate, so he asks for
             help from his friend Horatio, a prudent man, not "passion's slave," who already knows the
             story the ghost has told. Horatio is the first to suggest to
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