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How Does The Ghost Effect In Hamlet

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This is a essay is a take on how King Hamlet’s ghost affects the play Hamlet, by William Shakespeare. “How does King Hamlet’s ghost affect the outcome in Hamlet?” This is a question numerous people make ask when pertaining to this essay question since he is character who appears briefly. Shakespeare did an excellent job on showing how a character, who the readers know little about, affects the outcome of this tragedy. The first time the audience is introduced to King Hamlet’s ghost is while guards, Barnardo and Marcellus, are on watch in Act I Scene I. The Ghost speaks to neither of them so the next night they bring Prince Hamlet in hope that the Ghost will speak to him. This is where the problem begins. The Ghost says to Hamlet, “A serpent stung me. So the whole ear of Denmark is by a forgèd process of my death rankly abused. But know, thou noble youth, the serpent that did sting thy father’s life now wears his crown” (Shakespeare 24). The Ghost is telling Hamlet that the reason behind his death is because of Hamlet’s uncle, Claudius, poisoned him to become the king of Denmark and that his spirit can’t rest until revenge is taken. If it wasn’t for this encounter with the Ghost, Hamlet would have never of known the truth of his father’s death and would have never seeked revenge. He would have just continued to sulk over his father’s …show more content…

After the first act, the ghost doesn’t appear again until act III where he makes a brief appearance with only six lines of dialogue which is the following, “Do not forget. This visitation is but to whet thy almost blunted purpose. But look, amazement on thy mother sits. O, step between her and her fighting soul. Conceit in weakest bodies strongest works. Speak to her, Hamlet” (Shakespeare 75). But, the Queen can neither see or hear him and claims that Hamlet is

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