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Does Claudius flee the Mousetrap Play because the play caught his conscience?

April 26, 2017claudius conscience flee mousetrap play play

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Does Claudius flee the Mousetrap Play because the play caught his conscience?

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No. Hamlet, himself, causes Claudius to flee with what Hamlet says about the Gonzago murder case. Hamlet doesn’t realize it wasn’t the ‘Mousetrap’ play that “caught” Claudius, but rather, he did it himself, with his talk about Gonzago.