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Post by Jooyoung on Mar 19, 2016 13:32:44 GMT
In act 3 scene 4, Hamlet saw the ghost but Gertrude did not. Do you guys think the Ghost is just a hallucination because Hamlet had gone mad? or do you think that the Ghost just wanted only Hamlet to see him (since he is supernatural, he may have the ability to). Personally, I think the ghost wasn't real. Hamlet was VERY angry and emotional when he was fighting with his mother. This may have driven him insane. What do you guys think?
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Post by jonah21 on Mar 20, 2016 0:26:32 GMT
I think that the ghost wasn't real. When Hamlet and Gertrude were talking, I saw the ghost as just a way for Hamlet to justify what he was saying to her. If King Hamlet was still concerned for his wife, then surely he would've shown himself to her as well. But, as we know, that didn't happen.
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Post by Emily on Mar 20, 2016 3:22:32 GMT
I also agree that the ghost in act 3 was not real, and was only a figment of his imagination. In act 1, when the ghost first appeared, at least two other soldiers saw him, even though the ghost did not speak to them. However, here Gertrude did not even see the ghost; only Hamlet did. So it is probable that Hamlet only imagined the ghost while letting loose his anger on Gertrude. Also, as the ghost of King Hamlet still probably loved his former wife because in act 1 he told Hamlet not to hurt her, so if the ghost was real in act 3 then he would have shown himself to Gertrude to protect her, at least.
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Post by andrewcho77 on Mar 20, 2016 4:42:58 GMT
Yeah, I agree that the ghost was not real. If you look in act 1 there was a ghost and Hamlet and his guards can see the ghost; However, in act 3 Gertrude can't see the ghost which means Hamlet is gone mad. Hamlet is just mad and his madness is taking over him which makes him able to see ghost and others are not mad which means they can't see any ghost.
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Post by jin794 on Mar 20, 2016 5:57:33 GMT
I also was confused whether the ghost in act 3 was real or fake.I believe the ghost in act 3 was not genuine. Gertrude was not able to see. I think Hamlet was using the title of "ghost" to make Gertrude believe. It was only from Hamlet's own imagination to justify what he was saying to Gertrude. Hamlet was being extremely emotional when he was talking to Gertrude. Maybe Hamlet's current unfortunate situation made him ending up lying to Gertrude about the ghost appearance in act 3.
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Post by Tharu on Mar 20, 2016 8:06:14 GMT
Same, I think it was Hamlet's imagination. Before in the Act 1, everybody saw the ghost, except that the ghost only talked to Hamlet. But in Act 3 Gertrude didn't see the ghost, only Hamlet. So it was probably Hamlet's imagination and maybe Hamlet is really crazy which made him see random things that are just hallucinations.
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Post by christopher on Mar 20, 2016 9:20:29 GMT
If the ghost was real, then Gertrude should have seen it with Hamlet like when everyone saw the ghost in act 1. But only Hamlet could see the ghost. So it was probably Hamlet's imagination or hallucination. So maybe Hamlet was really mad?? No one knows
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Post by mayurika98 on Mar 20, 2016 9:27:50 GMT
I think that the ghost in fact real when it appeared in front of the guards the first time and at the beginning of the play. Since it was not only Hamlet that saw the ghost we have some more back up witnesses to claim that the ghost is real. However later on when Hamlet starts seeing the ghost and talking to him by him self, I was kind of lead to believe that the ghost was in his head. Especially since the ghost started appearing so randomly and exactly when Hamlet needed him the most. maybe Hamlet was making up the existence of hte ghost to scare Gertrude into leaving CLaudius.
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Post by heesu on Mar 20, 2016 10:41:18 GMT
I think the ghost was real because while Hamlet and Gertrude were talking, the ghost didn't forget to revenge for him. The reason why the ghost was invisible to her is that she had a sin toward the King Hamlet I think. I think the person who committed sins, they could not see or feel the ghost. I think that's the reason why she didn't saw him.
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Post by timmy on Mar 20, 2016 11:53:45 GMT
Hallucination cannot happen to a group of people for a long time, but it can indeed happen to an individual in a short time. Because of his situation, which was the worst, Hamlet wanted to see something that comfort him
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Post by Jonathan on Mar 20, 2016 12:35:57 GMT
I don't think that the ghost was real because if it was real, then Gertrude would have seen it. In Act 1 it showed up to the soldiers (guards) who were guarding the castle, so why not show up now? Hamlet was probably hallucinating the ghost because he was so angry at Gertrude and crazy and so many bad thoughts were going through his mind.
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Post by erickim on Mar 20, 2016 12:39:34 GMT
I agree with your opinion. Hamlet was very angry and probably could not control his emotion. I think the ghost that appeared in Act 3 was Hamlet's own imagination since Gertrude was not able to see the ghost but only Hamlet. In Act 1, Bernardo and Horatio was able to see it too.
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Post by graceyichen on Mar 20, 2016 12:59:38 GMT
Whether the ghost had been a hallucination or not, Gertrude wouldn't have been able to see. I think Hamlet did see the ghost. If the ghost had not appeared, who knows he could have killed his mother in the heat of the moment. I guess the author chose to make the ghost "appear" here to make Gertrude think Hamlet was really mad.
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Post by mohahaha on Mar 20, 2016 13:13:05 GMT
It's possible that the Ghost was real, just because it might seem that he is the only one that really cared a lot about his father's death, but his mother did not by betraying him to Claudius. Therefore his father might possibly wanted to communicate with Hamlet only, and his father is angry to Gertude.
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Post by Jessica (Yeeun) Kim on Mar 20, 2016 14:01:24 GMT
I believe the ghost in act 3 scene 4 was the evidence that Hamlet had gone mad and this ghost would be different in act1 scene4. Only Hamlet could see the ghost but not Gertrude because Hamlet wanted to justify his revenge. In act1 scene4, the ghost did not want Hamlet to harm Gertrude because she was too weak. If the ghost in act3 scene4, the ghost should stop Hamlet.
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