WHY? Ghost

I never thought that the ghost was actually not his father, since from the beginning of the story all the soldiers recognized and uncoolumed the ghost to be Hamlet's father. But I think that would be unlikely because we will find later that what his ghostly father said was true (that he was murdered by Claudius) when Claudius goes to the altar to pray to God and Hamlet decides not to kill him yet because he doesn't want him to die and go to heaven. Revenge was probably a huge thing back then, with many stories and takes about family feuds lasting for generations because of revenge, so Hamlet's father probably really wanted revenge for his murder and decided to recruit his son to help him get revenge.

To be honest, when reading the last few lines of Scene 4, I thought that Hamlet was already going crazy. He seemed desperate just to see a ghost that may or may not have been his father. I think that the ghost was Hamlet's father. Being so, it would allow the story to progress. It would also give Hamlet more solid persuasion to believe what the ghost says. If it was a different ghost, then Hamlet may have just ignored it.

It is pretty confusing because the script itself was vague. Father's Ghost doesn't necessarily mean that the ghost is King Hamlet himself. Hamlet seemed a little obsessed in the fact that his soldiers said the ghost looks like King Hamlet. Yet, later in the story, the story that the ghost shared is true. If the ghost was a figure of some else's, would the ghost really tell a story that would motivate Hamlet to kill his uncle and grow hatred towards women? Unless the ghost is uncoolociated with Hamlet, I think there is no reason for a random ghost to tell such tales. Being said, I think the ghost is King Hamlet.

I'm more surprised by how quickly they accept that there was a ghost on the roof, since I don't believe the ghost shows up again later (I don't think it was mentioned in the summary we watched). It's a supernatural element in the story, yet it isn't really explained. His dad is just there to drive revenge, so who knows whether it was Hamlet's dad or just a ghost who disguised themself as Hamlet's dad.

I have no idea since I did not finish reading the story but my guess is that the ghost is not actually hamlet's ghost but some kind of imaginary existence. As I read the story more, to me, Hamlet sounds very delusional. Maybe he sat this stage so that he could make an excuse to kill Claudius once for all?

I don't know why, but I have this weird feeling that the ghost can be a hallucination. May be it's a creation by Hamlet to give his actions reasons. But since I didn't read the whole story so let's see what happens next.

The ghost doesn't necessarily have to be King Hamlet, for the story to go on. However, I still think that it truly is King Hamlet because I noticed that Hamlet is very similar to his father. They are both in some way cynical and also have similar lines when it comes to the "swearing on the sword" part. The ghost can also be seen by all of Hamlet's friends so it cannot be a figment of Hamlet's imagination. Perhaps the ghost just really wanted revenge on his brother merely for stealing his wife or the crown of Denmark. It is interesting that he went to Hamlet to seek revenge. Maybe he went to someone else first, but got rejected.