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- In the stage directions, he is referred to as " Ghost ". His name is also Hamlet, and he is referred to as King Hamlet to distinguish him from the Prince, his son and the protagonist of the story.
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Hamlet himself wonders if the Ghost is a devil trying to trick him. Ultimately, the text leaves the true identity of the Ghost ambiguous. It could be Hamlet’s father, but it could also be something more sinister and mysterious meant to cause strife in Denmark.
The ghost of Hamlet's father is a character from William Shakespeare's play Hamlet. In the stage directions, he is referred to as "Ghost". His name is also Hamlet, and he is referred to as King Hamlet to distinguish him from the Prince, his son and the protagonist of the story.
Why does the Ghost reappear to Hamlet in Hamlet? The ghost appears three times in the play—act I, scene I; act I, scenes iv and v; and act III, scene iv—but only twice to Hamlet.
When the ghost tells Hamlet that he was murdered by Claudius and charges the prince with seeking vengeance, Hamlet takes the ghost’s words to heart. Though Horatio , Marcellus , Barnardo , and Francisco can all see the ghost, it’s possible that the spirit can choose to whom it is visible.
The Ghost is one of the great mysteries of Hamlet. The play begins by showing us the Ghost appearing in front of several witnesses, who see it and discuss it among themselves, so we know from the outset that the Ghost is not simply a figment of Hamlet’s imagination.
But here's what the spirit claims: (1) The ghost says he's Hamlet's father (it sure looks like the guy); (2) The ghost also says that he was murdered by his brother, who happens to be Hamlet's uncle Claudius, the guy who's now married to Gertrude and sitting on the throne of Denmark; (3) The ghost also claims he's "doomed" to suffer in "sulph ...
Why is it more fitting that a scholar speak to the Ghost? As a scholar, Horatio would have a firm understanding of Latin, the language in which the exorcising of spirits would have been performed. Marcellus hopes that Horatio will have the proper Latin formulae to rid them of the spirit if it proves evil.
