Unrealism In Hamlet
When I originally read this section about ghosts, I found it very hard to believe because throughout my entire life, I have never believed in ghosts. I have grown up thinking that a thing such as ghosts was so unrealistic in life. In one of our first conversations about Hamlet, we talked about the concept of ghosts. My paragraph about ghosts was, “I really don’t believe in ghosts. It seems like a dumb idea to me. Movies like Paranormal Activity do not bother me because they are staged and so unrealistic. The traits that ghosts have or so unrealistic. For example, the ouija board game makes no sense to me because there is no possible way a ghost can move an object to communicate with people. It really confused me how people believe that
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Once Hamlet and his mom lost King Hamlet, it did not take long for Gertrude to find another man. She married Claudius, the new king of Denmark and Hamlet’s uncle, just two months after she lost her first husband. As expected, Hamlet is furious by this because he believes that Gertrude did not show any respect towards King Hamlet and she is just trying to stay in power. As a result, Hamlet is told that it is his responsibility to avenge his father’s death. The ghost of his father said, “So art thou to revenge, when thou shalt hear… I am thy father’s spirit, doomed for a certain term to walk the night and for the day confined to fast in fires till the foul crimes done in my days of nature are burnt and purged away” (1.5.12-18). He goes on to say, “Revenge his foul and most unnatural murder… Murder most foul as in the best it is. but this most foul, strange and unnatural” (1.5.31-33). Throughout the entire meeting between the ghost and Hamlet, the ghost’s tone is really strict and authoritative. His decision to compare the crimes that were committed against him and burning them into nature is a really powerful analogy. Additionally, I think King Hamlet had structured this particular conversation with Hamlet was perfect. Instead of just asking Hamlet to help him, he is commanding him to follow his orders. If he had just asked him, Hamlet would be very skeptical. However, commanding him to
Once Hamlet and his mom lost King Hamlet, it did not take long for Gertrude to find another man. She married Claudius, the new king of Denmark and Hamlet’s uncle, just two months after she lost her first husband. As expected, Hamlet is furious by this because he believes that Gertrude did not show any respect towards King Hamlet and she is just trying to stay in power. As a result, Hamlet is told that it is his responsibility to avenge his father’s death. The ghost of his father said, “So art thou to revenge, when thou shalt hear… I am thy father’s spirit, doomed for a certain term to walk the night and for the day confined to fast in fires till the foul crimes done in my days of nature are burnt and purged away” (1.5.12-18). He goes on to say, “Revenge his foul and most unnatural murder… Murder most foul as in the best it is. but this most foul, strange and unnatural” (1.5.31-33). Throughout the entire meeting between the ghost and Hamlet, the ghost’s tone is really strict and authoritative. His decision to compare the crimes that were committed against him and burning them into nature is a really powerful analogy. Additionally, I think King Hamlet had structured this particular conversation with Hamlet was perfect. Instead of just asking Hamlet to help him, he is commanding him to follow his orders. If he had just asked him, Hamlet would be very skeptical. However, commanding him to