I have taken the first steps to avenging my murdered father, if he was indeed murdered. I am contemplating whether or not I should kill my dear uncle, but I do not even know if the ghost that visited me was really that of my father. I have contrived a plan to test the validity of the story that this apparition has feed me. I have invited a troupe of actors to the castle to perform The Murder of Gonzago, plus I have fed them some of my own lines to make the story a bit more familiar. I have arranged the plot to mirror the death of my father, and as my uncle watches this spectacle I will observe his reaction, for he cannot see a murder that he has committed, and have absolutely no reaction.
Also I have begun to act with an antic disposition and am starting to see the fruits of this interesting plan. Surely no one will suspect me of any suspicious behavior in my mental state, or at least the mental state that they see me in! Polonius visited me today, I can imagine that it was because of my strange behavior around his daughter, and my love Ophelia. Though I am not positive that this was the true reason for his visit. It was entertaining to say the least, they all really do think I am a nut job. In fact I believe that the arrival of my friends Rosencrantz, and Guildenstern, happened to engineered by my mother and uncle to try an discern what may be wrong with me. Though they claim that they have good intentions I suspect that there is something wrong with those intentions.