Hamlet’s encounter with his father’s ghost reveals the pain and suffering that the ghost is going through, and encourages Hamlet to take revenge on his father’s death, which was actually by murder. Hamlet is drawn to take action upon the words of this ghost, since he can’t stand idly by while his father continues to suffer. This scene further develops the conflict between Hamlet and Claudius, and is the start of Hamlet’s revenge plotting. The ghost calls on Hamlet using compassion and pity, saying “If thou didst ever thy dear father love” and to prove his sympathy by revenging his father’s “foul and most unnatural murder”. The ghost issues a very direct command and has only one thing in mind, “revenge”. Such a drastic and harsh ghost would …show more content…
The ghost’s anger passes onto Hamlet, outraging and provoking him on mere words alone. Not to be outdone with a simple yet exaggerated repetition erging Hamlet to listen, “list, list, O, list!”, the ghost exaggerates the effects of his descriptions of his suffering place once again, through “freeze thy young blood.” Of course the ghost’s powerful words do send shivers to the reader, although the same cannot be said to chills running through veins and blood. Since blood represents life and is symbolic of warmth, the thought of cold blood may possibly be an allusion to the ghost’s own death. Conceivably, “young blood” may point out Hamlet’s juvenileness, alluding to the sudden maturing and development of Hamlet as the play progresses and he needs to represent a once great