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Reasons for the Anticipation of Claudiuss Suicide     In the tragic play Hamlet, by William Shakespeare, a occurrence deterrent in Hamlets quest to be rid of his regal uncle is his procrastination. This act of murder intended to set the future right is Hamlets sole responsibility, ordered by his deceased father. Hamlets main target throughout the play is for Claudius to commit suicide. To achieve this goal, he produces a play chiefly for the king called the "Mousetrap." This play is used as one of many tools for Hamlets indirect manipulation of Claudiuss mind. Just as a mousetrap lures a pest to its own self-destruction while in look of ways to gratify itself, so does Hamlet use the play as a lure to trap the king in his own conscience. Claudiuss possible suicide would be the result of the guilt traps Hamlet sets with the use of mental stratagem.     As Hamlet scolds his mother for her behavior toward the kings honor, he says many cr uel things to her. Yet, among these are his pleas for her to repent. atomic number 53 of the last pieces of advice he gives his mother is not to let Claudius tempt her again "Pinch call foron on your cheek, call you his mouse" (III.iv.200). Hamlets uncle, besides tempting the queen, is withal willing to let her be the mouse that gets caught in the mousetrap intended for him. He does not love Gertrude as Hamlets father once did and probably never will. To the plotting king, his only regard for her is purely to serve his own selfish needs. Most of Hamlets efforts to make the king want to kill himself fail because of Claudiuss strong hold on his mother, which is Hamlets weakness.     Hamlet puts off certain efforts to kill Claudius for various reasons. At one point, Hamlet does not go through with Claudiuss murder because he does not want him to enter heaven at the time of his death "Then trip him, that his heels may kick at heaven / And that his soul may be as damnd and black / As hell, whereto it goes" (III.iii.97-98). If Claudius had killed himself, which in almost all religions is considered a sin, he would surely go to hell. Hamlet prefers Claudiuss acknowledgment of the impetus behind his actions to be his manner of self-destruction. The more that Claudius thinks about his evil deed, the more he will come up with reasons as to why he should not go on living.