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A 12 page paper which examines the significance of the Ghost, and it shapes the major themes of the play, of justice and revenge, of fate, of appearances and reality, and of duty and free will. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
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minor characters, and innovative literary devices that memorably convey the often-tragic themes of plays which have withstood the test of time, unlike the works of his Elizabethan contemporaries. His
most enduring tragedy, Hamlet, is deceptive in its apparent simplicity. The moody and reckless Prince Hamlet of Denmark is the central focal point, but his reactions throughout the play
are fueled by the actions of another, those of his fathers ghost. The ghost is introduced at the very beginning of the play, even before the prince himself, which
emphasizes he "has a crucial part to play in the development of the plot" (Consider the Role of the Ghost in Hamlet). In the series of cause-and-effect sequences that comprise
Hamlet, it is the ghosts actions that ignite Hamlets cause, his call to action, and it is the way in which Hamlet handles his ghostly encounter that dictates the course
of the play, and most memorably expresses Shakespeares themes and plot conflicts, those of justice and revenge, fate, appearances and reality, and of duty and free will.
As the curtain opens on Act I, the uncertainty of the supernatural breezes through with the intensity of a hurricane, which dramatically sets the
plays tone. Shakespeare recognized the importance of the ghost, which essentially cemented the works foundation, and painstakingly crafted his language accordingly. Critic G. Wilson Knight observed, "The language
of the Ghost opens up... a world of evil and disease that eventually pervades the whole action" (Hunter 138). The palace night watchmen have been rendered uneasy by what
they perceive to be the presence of a ghost on the premises. While this might seem highly implausible to todays sophisticated theatrical audiences, Shakespeares Elizabethan contemporaries were extremely superstitious,
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