Today we studied the famous "mousetrap' play or play within the play. Specifically we analyzed the "Player King's" speech wherein he expounds on the tension between one's will and fate. We applied this speech to Hamlet's internal dilemma -he strives to achieve revenge but is stymied by events thereby raising the issue of free will. We next noted how the Mousetrap play reveals the King's murder of Hamlet's father,thus reversing the reality /illusion pattern as it is the play ,an illusion , that portrays the reality or truth of Hamlet's father's death.