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Is the ghost in Hamlet really a devil?
Uploaded by xsparklyvix (1188) on Sep 5, 2005


‘The ghost that I have seen may be a devil’,
Can we be sure about the ghost in Hamlet?
What are your conclusions on this matter.

William Shakespeare’s Hamlet is a drama, which has been renowned for its content and depiction of characters. Over the years, it has gone through many variations of interpretations and criticisms. One such criticism is the nature of the ghost who takes the form of Hamlet’s dead father. At first glance it may be sufficient to accept the ghost as the spirit of Hamlet’s dead father who returns to the land of the living in order to have his son avenge his murder. However, looking deeper into the text, several signs that cannot be ignored become visible which lead us to see that the ghost may be the devil in disguise.
Shakespeare’s contemporaries believed in ghosts and closely linked apparitions with their religious fears of the devil’s power......

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