What I Think About When I Think About Act 3

I think that Hamlet's idea to confront Claudius with a play is brilliantly sly. The play was only a reenactment of the death of King Hamlet, and it did get a rise out of Claudius. But it does show me another side of Claudius. It shows me that the king does feel remorse for what he has done, and that he regrets his actions. Directly after the play, in fact, he proceeds to his room to pray for forgiveness, which is why Hamlet cannot kill him in that moment. If he did kill him, the revenge would be pointless because he would go to heaven.