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Post by jungseunghoon16 on Jan 29, 2016 11:26:31 GMT
I personally think that the ghost in Hamlet plays an important role in the progress of the story. Although some people who don't believe in ghosts may think that this ghost is just the imagination of Hamlet, and that it is just an apparition that appears to help Hamlet process thinking, I think that the ghost of Hamlet's father triggers revenge of Hamlet to action. Hamlet probably would have moved on, still disgusted by the his mother's and Claudius's marriage, but he would have moved on and lived with it. However, when the ghost came and told Hamlet about who it really is and how it became a ghost, he thinks about revenge. If there was no ghost in Hamlet's story, there would be no Hamlet story.
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Post by anniee on Jan 31, 2016 3:53:05 GMT
I think that the ghost itself was real, but what it told Hamlet wasn't. The ghost was seen and recognized by multiple people in the guard and Horatio, so unless the ghost was actually the devil coming to create chaos, the spirit was probably Hamlet's father. It would be unlikely to attribute a psychotic disorder to the witnesses, for it would almost impossible for all of them to have seen the apparition at the same time as well as see the same thing. However, it seems suspicious that the ghost would only speak to Hamlet and that later on in the story, only Hamlet was able to hear the spirit speak when he was with his mother (although she didn't see the spirit at all). It seems to me that Hamlet imagined the ghost's words to justify his father's death, and he just happened to be right. Hamlet's road to madness was probably triggered by the emotional trauma of his father's death, which is why he was able to hallucinate the spirit speaking.
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Post by Jooyoung on Jan 31, 2016 5:46:04 GMT
So far, I think the Ghost really is his father. In Act 1, the ghost told Hamlet that Claudius poured poison into his ear and killed him. In Act 3, Claudius leaves the theatre after watching the scene which portrayed what ghost has told Hamlet. So the ghost was telling the truth! Furthermore, it has been described in Act 1, that they physique and appearance of the ghost is a perfect match with Hamlet's father.
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Post by jin794 on Jan 31, 2016 8:51:27 GMT
I was always wondering if the ghost was actually Hamlet's father or was a demon. It brings a further question whether Hamlet is mad or is acting mad. However, in Act 2 scene 2, conversation with Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, Hamlet seems normal. He knows what is going on and further it states "I am but mad north-north-west." He is "only" mad at certain calculated times, and knows rest of the time what is going on.
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Post by Jessica (Yeeun) Kim on Jan 31, 2016 8:56:09 GMT
In the story, William Shakespeare may purposely set his play, the ghost is Hamlet’s father. On the contrast, personally, I believe the ghost of the dead king is just a dramatic and supernatural figure that give justification to Hamlet to take revenge Claudius who takes all the happiness of Hamlet, such as the position of father and the trust of his mother. This is because in Act 1 Scene 3, before Hamlet met with the ghost of his father, Hamlet already feels some resentment towards Claudius and Gertrude who betrayed the King.
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Post by graceyichen on Jan 31, 2016 9:48:54 GMT
This is what makes stories so fascinating!! WE DON'T KNOW AND THERE'S NO ANSWER! I guess this story would be a real tragedy if the ghost turned out to be a demon...then what did Hamlet go mad for? Since everyone basically dies in the end, what did they all die for if this ghost made everything up? That's why I would chose to believe that the ghost really is Hamlet's father, it makes the story more dramatic, gives it more purpose. We could also relate this to real life. In many cases, a person fakes evidence to make someone with a strong sense of justice do the work of taking revenge and possibly dying, while the "ghost" just sits back and waits until everybody dies.
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Post by Tharu on Jan 31, 2016 9:55:13 GMT
Right now, after reading the story until act 3 scene 2, i think the ghost is really his father, or some sort of a supernatural creature who tries to tell the truth to Hamlet. After seeing the behavior of Claudius during the play Hamlet made the actors do, that proves that Claudius did something wrong. So i think the ghost is not something bad or trying to hurt Hamlet, probably trying to help Hamlet.
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Post by sunnyp on Jan 31, 2016 14:45:39 GMT
That's an interesting thought. I do feel like that ghost is Hamlet's dad. Firstly because if it was a some demonic figure, it would have come to Hamlet, not to Horatio and the crew. It wandered around because as a spirit, it's not strong? enough to just talk to Hamlet. And also, the story describes the ghost as Hamlet's father with all the appearance and armour so I think the ghost is Hamlet.
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