To change Hamlet’s outcome I would have modified his ghost fathers hunger for revenge. I would have only let him tell Hamlet that he was murdered by his uncle, to be a smart prince and act carefully. Then Hamlet would have carried out the play to prove the words of his father’s ghost. After knowing that he was told the truth, he would have looked into every detail of the day of his father’s death. He would have tracked down how the King (his uncle) got the poison in the first place. Then he would have taken the throne as a wise King, not led by grief and revenge. That would have showed the people that he was going to be a good ruler.

In the play Hamlet has a growth mindset. In Act I  the ghost tells Hamlet “The serpent that did sting thy father’s life, Now wears his crown” (1.5.39-40.)That meant that his father was murdered by his uncle. With that information Hamlet does not act upon that information right away. The young prince knew that his judgment over situations like these could be blinded because of his pain and grief. He then plans to have a play in which a scene is similar to what the ghost told him. ”There is a play tonight before the king. One scene of it comes near the circumstance Which I have told thee of my father’s death. I prithee, when thou seest that act afoot, Even with the very comment of thy soul Observe mine uncle. If his occulted guilt Do not itself unkennel in one speech, It is a damnèd ghost that we have seen, And my imaginations are as foul ” (3.2.70-78) The play was a way to test the credibility of what the ghost had told him.