Both Hamlet and Oedipus go to great lengths to determine the truth. For Hamlet, this means confirming his suspicion that his uncle Claudius killed his father, the king, to usurp the throne and marry Hamlet's mother. Hamlet employs several strategies in his search for the truth. Wrapped in a false veil of madness, Hamlet relentlessly attempts to extract a confession from Claudius by leaving subtle hints that he is actually aware of what Claudius has done. The most extreme method Hamlet uses, however, is the play he invents by re-enacting King Hamlet's murder the way he believes it happened. Hamlet uses this play as an opportunity to observe Claudius' reaction and confirm his own