Incriminating Evidence

"I have heard
That guilty creatures sitting at a play
Have by the very cunning of the scene
Been struck so to the soul that presently
They have proclaim'd their malefactions;
For murder, though it have no tongue, will speak
With most miraculous organ. 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 but blench,
I know my course. The spirit that I have seen
May be the devil: and the devil hath power
To assume a pleasing shape; yea, and perhaps
Out of my weakness and my melancholy,
As he is very potent with such spirits,
Abuses me to damn me: I'll have grounds
More relative than this: the play 's the thing
Wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king"(Act 2, Scene II).


I have finally figured out how I will truly determine my uncle's guilt. If he is guilty and he sees a play that closely resembles my father's murder, he's got to have some terrible reaction to it. So I figure that I'll set up a play with the players that just got here, and based on Claudius's reaction, I'll know where I have to go from here. It seems simple enough, now let's just hope it works. Otherwise, I'm going to have a lot of explaining to do.