Act 3 File Document

Dear Horatio,

I am writing you to confess the happenings of the previous evening. After the conclusion of our wonderfully executed and well telling play, the “Mouse Trap”, I witnessed our dearest King Claudius repenting his sins in front of God. As you know, I hath hesitated until this moment is because I hath needed to prove certainty of Claudius’s guilt. This happening after the performance hath confirmed our premonitions and the tale which the ghost of my noble father hath declared to us. A murder most foul hath occurred and as I stood behind this man, a wave of passion filled my heart and right there, as he kneeled, praying to our Lord, to assassinate this foul man. I contemplated this act for quite some time, but alas, I could not follow through.

I concluded that if I performed this deed now, our Claudius would pass on through to heaven sin free and I to hell for committing a crime against the bible itself. I deeply desire to rid the palace of this weak and cowardly man. I am truly disappointed with mineself, though now, I am able to still ensure myself safe passage through the afterlife.

For a brief moment while this ongoing battle was proceeding, I had a strange incentive to sympathize for this man. Though for only a moment, I felt like this is a poor man who hath lived so long in the shadow of mine father, and in an act of desperation, required much needed attention. This such feeling passed quickly and was replaced again be hatred and anger.

What kind of man am I Horatio? A son who cannot even muster the strength to avenge the death of his father for the very reason that I fear what may come after death? No! I shant hesitate any longer, I shall wait and watch Claudius closely, for when I discover him performing a sin, I shall leap into action, and ensure Claudius gets just what he deserves. I must remain loyal to mine father

I thank you for your assistance with the “Mouse Trap” and now, my dear friend, I again plead your for help with watching Claudius. If thou sees’t him execute something most unholy, of you I ask to alert mineself immediately for he will become suspiscours if he doth witness me around his activities of which I am not normally present for. I commend you for your loyalty to me in such pressing times.

Sincerely,
Hamlet