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Shakespeare’s play “Hamlet� transcends boundaries which were in place over four hundred years ago when it was written. Shakespeare’s tragic play incites revenge and rage in the characters, while toying with moral corruption and incest. Shakespeare shocked the audiences with unordinary themes; meanwhile, he also made them think of his play more in depth. The ghost and its true nature are never expressed in great detail throughout the play. During the play the Catholic, Protestant, and Skeptic views are all implied. Hamlet is supposed to make the audience think for themselves and challenge their believes and decide what the ghost represents.
The protestant view on the ghost is this thing is a demon trying to tempt man to sin (history.wisc.edu). This holds true when hamlet first sees the ghost. Horatio and the guards warn hamlet not to get to close to the ghost for he might want to harm him. Hamlet does not let this dissuade him from following the ghost. As hamlet approaches......

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