e not involved with his “real” life and feels at ease and at his best, a prince reminding artists of the ideals their art is meant to uphold. The meanings of words have also changed. The meaning of “acting” plays a great role in the performance, not only by the observation of the entire audience, but by a more private and personal meaning or understanding of the play by Hamlet and the King. The King is watching himself, or his “reflection,” on stage as the performance is going on because the players are acting out the reality of his role and this is how the players and the Mousetrap “hold a mirror up to nature.”Hamlet’s actions changed from being neurotic, passive, and depressed, to a man with honor, passion, and action such as Fortinbras. They both differed dramatically in the beginning but were put together very well with Hamlet’s changes. However, the one major similarity that the both had uncontested was that of vengeance. When in search for the truth, one cannot stop until finally revealing the entire reality of what one wants to find out. Hamlet’s destiny was linked to the theme of revenge. He knew that he couldn’t rest until he avenged his father’s death and until he found out exactly what happened for him to be lead to such vengeance. By Hamlet setting up a “Mousetrap” and “holding a mirror up to nature,” he found what he was searching for; the final evidence of his father’s murder. ...
