it represents Elizabethan Drama because hamlet is trying to use the play as a way to expose his uncles guilt. he is taking a huge risk, and is a dramatization of the true events. in the story, that is.
The play within a play scene of "Hamlet" is a theatrical device employed by dramatists to highlight the various issues plaguing the society. It is also perfectly achieved in "Hamlet".
Explanation:
William Shakespeare was one of the most famous writers and playwrights of the literary world. He brought forth the golden age of the literature, and the Elizabethan society that he lived in played a huge part in all of his works. Act III of "Hamlet" shows the young prince Hamlet working on how to get the truth about his father's death. So, he devised a play that will depict a king murdered by his own blood relative, and through this the young prince will come to know the result he was looking for based on the reaction of particularly his uncle Claudius. Shakespeare employs this technique of 'a-play-within-a-play' to show how various these that are evident during those times are showcased or relayed to the people. Elizabethan plays act as the medium to share or pass on information about various social issues.
