Did Prince Hamlet Kill His Father and Frame His Uncle?

In my August 1, 2014 post, I speculated about Hamlet as though he were a real person. It allowed me to discuss relevant issues related to multiple personality.

Now, after re-reading that post, the possibility occurs to me that Hamlet killed his father (and that his uncle was innocent).

I don’t know if others have thought of this before, but I assume they must have, since the play has been discussed for more than four hundred years. I don’t know what motive the others gave.

My proposed motive has to do with the fact that people often develop multiple personality because of traumatic experiences in childhood. In some cases the parents are not to blame; in other cases they are.

So suppose King Hamlet had been an abusive father. This raises the possibility that Prince Hamlet had an alternate personality who took revenge.

If Hamlet was really out of town at the time of the murder—a good alibi—then he would have employed an assassin.