Hamlet is unsure of the ghost. ... Hamlet has to be sure that the ghost is really telling the truth about Claudius. ... Hamlet now believes that what the ghost has said is true, "I"ll take the ghost's word for/ A thousand pound" (III iii.291-292). ... To honor and give thanks to Hamlet, Fortinbras tells his men to give Hamlet a soldiers funeral, " Bear Hamlet like a soldier to the stage" (IV.ii.398). ... He first delays because of doubts of the intentions of the ghost, whether they are good or evil. ...

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The first long talk between Hamlet and Horatio is in the beginning of the play, when Horatio and the courtiers came to Hamlet to tell him about his father's ghost. Together they are going to watch the ghost at night Horatio is the only one who is really down-to earth, he thinks the sight of the ghost is only an imagination ( Horatio says ... ... Hamlet decides to take a look for himself, Horatio warns Hamlet not to follow the ghost as it might lead him into madness and suicide (What if [...] roar beneath, 1.4.68-78). After Hamlet's hysterical return from his meeting with the ghost ...

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ACT 1 SCENE 1 Characters: Ghost, Heratio, Marcellus. ... Heratio and the guardsmen inform Hamlet of the ghost they had saw the night before and Hamlet agrees to watch with them tonight in hope of talking to this ghost. ... The ghost finally appears and wants to Hamlet to follow it, Heratio and Marcellus urge him not to, but he is unsure whether the ghost is truly the ghost of his dead father, or if it was an evil spirit. ... The ghost wants Hamlet to avenge his death. ... Hamlet is dying and Fortinbras insists that Hamlet be carried away like a soldier. ...

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He was known as a coward, liar, rascal, and combat soldier, and of course a lecher, someone who is overly interested in the opposite sex ("Sir" 464). ... The last major character in the play is the Ghost of King Hamlet ("Sir" 438-439). In the play, Horatio is invited to discuss the ghost that has been appearing the past few nights. As Horatio refuses to believe, the ghost reappears and he sees the Prince of Denmark, which just died. ...

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When Hamlet was told of the ghost his instant response is to see the ghost. In act 1, scene 5 we discover, because of the ghost, that King Claudius murdered late King Hamlet. ... Later on in Act 3 scene 1 he is unsure of what the ghost represents "May be devil, and the devil hath power"( 554). ... Laertes is the son of Polonius and a soldier. ... If it were not for Hamlet contemplating whether or not the ghost was good or evil and when to kill Claudius, Hamlet would not have been five acts. ...

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Hamlet needed to be sure that the Ghost was telling the truth before he sought revenge, Hamlet procrastinates killing Claudius while he is praying and lastly his trip to England further delayed his revenge. ... The Ghost delivered his news by saying, "The serpent that did sting thy father's life/ Now wears his crown" (1.5.39-40). ... However, despite all of this, Hamlet decides that instead of taking revenge right away, he would find out if the Ghost was telling the truth. ... Fortinbras is fighting for a piece of ground that is not big enough to serve as a graveyard for soldie...

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Ophelia tells us that before the events of the play Hamlet was a model courtier, soldier and scholar, "The glass of fashion and the mould of form,/ The observed of all observers." ... He alone sees his father's ghost in his mother's chambers. Every other time the ghost appeared someone else has seen it. During this scene he finally shows his madness, because his mother does not see the ghost. ... [Act IV, scene III, lines 20-21] In the two months after his meeting with the ghost, he puzzles the court with his assumed madness but does nothing concrete to effect or further his revenge....

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And besides the prince also the older soldiers call out for his experience and knowledge as a scholar, which is a remarkable sign for his reliability. Against these passages, his description of the ghost appears more dubious. In his first attempt to convince Hamlet about the ghost's very nature, he said, he saw Hamlet's father "once" (1.2.186). ... In the beginning he remains skeptical towards the ghost and believes, that "'twill not appear" (1.1.29). ...

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With the first appearance of the foreboding ghost of Hamlet's dead father, he learns the truth of his father's death at the hands of treacherous uncle, the new king of Denmark, Claudius. ... Even though Hamlet vowed to avenge his father's death, he has doubts about the ghost, "The spirit that I have seen, May be the devil: and the devil hath power T" assume a pleasing shape..."... By acting insane Hamlet also, buys himself time to determine whether the ghost's story is true or not. ... The courtier's soldier's, scholar's, eye, tongue, sword; Th" expectancy ...

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Whatever the case, he is hell bent on listening to the commands of the ghost of his dead father and avenging his death. ... Fortinbras commands to have Hamlet remembered like a soldier, which reveals his ignorance on the matter. ... The young Fortinbras is strikingly different from his father; he is a powerful, ruthless soldier. ...

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The ghost of King Hamlet appears to tell Hamlet that his purpose is to get revenge on Claudius but to leave his mother alone "Against thy mother aught. ... Fortinbras recognizes that Hamlet was a hero "Bear Hamlet like a soldier to the stage/For he was likely, he had been put on,/To have proved most royally." ...

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