Hamlet learned the truth from the ghost that his father was killed by Claudius. This ghost said that “The serpent that did sting thy father’s life Now wears his crown.” It basically indicates that Claudius was the person who killed him. Nevertheless‚ the ghost never mentioned that Gertrude was involved in this crime. It also did not want Hamlet to take a physical revenge upon her‚ but make her suffer from the guilty for the rest of the life. The reason the ghost criticize her was not because of the
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She believes the governess is neurotic and‚ thus‚ the ghosts do not exist in reality; they are but mere instances of the governess ’s imagination. Heilman attacks Kenton ’s interpretation and questions Kenton ’s reading claiming that she seems to have misread the Preface. He argues that James ’s prefatory remark "To catch those not easily caught" is- contrary to Kenton ’s belief that it alludes to the idea that James‚ by depicting the ghosts as real‚ has managed to fool the readers of the story-
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Only sometime they are not as silent. Some warders and prisoners with psychics eyes and minds are likely to see hear‚ smell or feel the ghosts. They are likely to hear noises that are chilling to the bone‚ smell burning joss sticks‚ or camphor powder or incense “kumian”. Sometimes they were pushed‚ shoved scratched or slapped by unseen forces. Most probably‚ the Ghosts of Pudu Jail are still there somewhere‚ although the prison have been demolished in2010 to make way for a new shopping complex‚ business
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King claudius death illuminates the meaning of the theme revenge for these reasons: The ghost‚ hamlets father‚ comes into the kingdom telling Hamlet to get revenge and kill King Claudius‚ Polonius swears revenge upon Hamlets death for the reasoning of Hamlet killing laertes‚ and finally‚ fortinbras seeks revenge on the death of his father. The ghost is Hamlet’s father king Hamlet. The ghost showing up at the doors to the castle illuminates a kind of fear to the guards. The guards notice that this
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this play has he not been insane. In the early couple of stages during this play‚ Hamlet sees a ghost. One would think that this is real and just part of the story‚ until you find out that his mother does not see the ghost (the mother is mentally stable.) This is a sign of madness because it could mean that Hamlet is possibly hallucinating. Later‚ Hamlet makes the prediction that the ghost he is seeing is his father. Then he later changed
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the things Hamlet admires. When we first see Horatio when he is summoned to the castle to determine whether the ghost is real or not. Horatio attends school with Hamlet in Wittenberg and is a scholar‚ so they believe he will be able to tell if the ghost is real. At first Horatio only believes that the ghost is only the guards imagination so he refuses to believe it’s real. But when the ghost‚ which is old Hamlet starts to haunt Hamlet‚ he then starts to believe it’s not just
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is always a part of us who believes in something that is outside the field of science even though it has been proven scientifically by some to be untrue. This is because nobody has ever given any conclusive evidence that paranormal beliefs such as ghost and aliens exists. While many sightings have been reported throughout the years‚ there is still no solid proof that these sightings were real. Why are paranormal beliefs still so popular when it lacks solid evidence? One reason is that countless photographs
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In the play Hamlet Horatio is a noble man who makes an impact on the play. He is the one who tells Hamlets about the ghost and the one who will tell his story. Horatio is the closest friend to hamlet that he can trust. Horatio parts in the play serve two main reasons to tell Hamlet’s great story and to serve as the great friend of Hamlet. One critic states “Throughout the play‚ Horatio seems "just": he is fair‚ equitable‚ and reasonable”. This can explain that he is unruffled‚ composed‚ and practical;
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thinks‚ rather than taking action. When Hamlet meets the ghost of his dead father King Hamlet‚ the ghost reveals to Hamlet that his Uncle Claudius is “The serpent that did sting thy father’s life‚ now wears his crown”‚ but Hamlet is reluctant to believe it. Even though Hamlet promises that he will revenge for his father “O cursed spite/ that ever I was born to set it right”. Yet‚ Hamlet does not take action after the meeting with ghost; instead‚ he plans a play “The Mouse Trap‚” in order to expose
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The story “A Christmas Carol” is Dickens way of showing the divide between the rich and poor of London and the consequences it has on the people. By 1776 over 16‚000 individual men‚ women and children were housed in one of the eighty workhouses in metropolitan London; between 1 per cent and 2 per cent of the population of London. Workhouses‚ institutions in which the poor were housed‚ fed and set to work‚ had by this time become the most common form of relief available to Londoners . Ebenezer Scrooge
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