Hamlet. The lines are:
"Thoughts black, hands apt, drugs fit, and time agreeing;
Confederate season, else no creature seeing;
Thou mixture rank, of midnight weeds collected,
With Hecate's ban thrice blasted, thrice infected,
Thy natural magic and dire property,
On wholesome life usurp immediately."
These lines are clearly written in a much different style from those delivered by the Player King and Queen earlier in the play.
Hamlet asks the players to perform a specific play containing the murder of Gonzago. He also requests that they insert specific lines that he created himself.
Hamlet asks the Players to perform a play called "The Murder of Gonzago." In it, a guy called Gonzago gets murdered. The players put on this play, with the first player playing the part of Gonzago, although he is not referred to by name.
There is a "play within a play" in Hamlet, called The Murder of Gonzago, it is often confused by The Mousetrap, but if you see the words The Mousetrap it will actually be The Murder of Gonzago
He doesn't. Hamlet tells Claudius that the name of the play is the Mousetrap, not the other way around. The actual name of the play is The Murder of Gonzago but Hamlet is using it to trap Claudius and so gives it a different name.
The play The Murder of Gonzago had a plot quite similar to the account the Ghost had given of the murder of Hamlet Sr. With a few tweaks, it was so similar that it reminded Claudius of his murder which was what Hamlet intended.
Hamlet asks the players to perform a specific play containing the murder of Gonzago. He also requests that they insert specific lines that he created himself.
Hamlet will insert some dozen or fourteen lines into the play the Murder of Gonzago to make it seem more like the murder of his father.
Hamlet plans to use the actors to prove whether or not Claudius was guilty. This would be achieved by instructing the actors to portray the murder of Gonzago, which would make Claudius feel guilty if he did indeed commit the murder.
He calls it The Mousetrap although its real name is The Murder of Gonzago. Hamlet's name for it betrays his purpose in selecting it: "The play's the thing wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king."
Hamlet asks the Players to perform a play called "The Murder of Gonzago." In it, a guy called Gonzago gets murdered. The players put on this play, with the first player playing the part of Gonzago, although he is not referred to by name.
There is a "play within a play" in Hamlet, called The Murder of Gonzago, it is often confused by The Mousetrap, but if you see the words The Mousetrap it will actually be The Murder of Gonzago
The Murder of Gonzago. Hamlet nicknames it The Mousetrap.
The Murder of Gonzago.
It's called The Murder of Gonzago, but when asked, Hamlet calls it The Mousetrap.
It is called "The Murder of Gonzago". But Hamlet gives it a new name, "The Mousetrap", because he intends to trap Claudius with it.
The Mousetrap.
The play within the play - the enactment by the players of "The Murder of Gonzago," with additions by Hamlet.