(I.ii.154-164)Hamlet is completely in despair over his mother's actions, stating in his first soliloquy that he wishes God had not made suicide a sin and that the world was now “tired, stale, flat and unprofitable” (I.ii.137). In Hamlet's mind, the world he knows is spinning out of control and he struggles to understand what is happening around him. Hamlet's furious reaction to the betrayal shows his deep confusion and anger which persists throughout the rest of the play and sets the stage for the acts to come. He feels as if his mother not only betrayed him, but also betrayed his dear father. After the initial betrayal by his mother, Hamlet discovers that Claudius has also betrayed him when he discovers that it was Claudius who killed his father. This revelation, told to Hamlet by King Hamlet's ghost, shocks and enrages him. The ghost sets Hamlet on a quest to avenge his father's "disgusting and unnatural murder" (Iv31). Hamlet agrees to grant the ghost's wishes, also agreeing to spare his mother any harm. From that moment on in the play, Hamlet pretends to be mad to organize his revenge against Claudius, and decides to carry out numerous tests to make sure that it was really Claudius who killed his brother to be