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      • Though instantly galvanized by the ghost’s command, Hamlet decides on further reflection to seek evidence in corroboration of the ghostly visitation, since, he knows, the Devil can assume a pleasing shape and can easily mislead a person whose mind is perturbed by intense grief.
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  3. The Ghost impresses on Hamlet the gravity of what happened to him and entreats Hamlet to seek revenge for his death. After Hamlet agrees, he plainly tells Hamlet that Claudius poisoned him to take his wife and throne.

  4. He signals to the audience that there can be no doubt of the Ghost's being something more than fantasy (line 54); he confirms its striking resemblance to the last King of Denmark, the heroic warrior, King Hamlet.

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  6. He believes this to be true because the ghost of Hamlets father, armed from head to foot, has appeared several times around midnight, and the ghost has now summoned Hamlet to come with it alone to speak privately.

  7. The ghost exhorts Hamlet to seek revenge, telling him that Claudius has corrupted Denmark and corrupted Gertrude, having taken her from the pure love of her first marriage and seduced her in the foul lust of their incestuous union.

  8. At the beginning of act 1, scene 5, when alone with Hamlet, the ghost finally speaks, telling Hamlet that it is the ghost of his murdered father and bidding Hamlet seek...

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