How important is the Ghost in the triangular relationship of Hamlet, Gertrude, and Claudius?
• The ghost in Hamlet is the key to the whole play. • The relationship between Hamlet and the Ghost, is that the Ghost is Hamlet’s father and the Ghost is using Hamlet to get revenge from his brother, Cladius. “Ghost-Revenge his foul and most unnatural murder. Ham- Murder?… Haste me to know’t, that I, with wings as swift as meditation or the thoughts of love, may sweep to my revenge. Ghost- ‘Tis given out that, sleeping in my orchard, A serpent stung me; so the whole ear of Denmark is by a forged process of my death rankly abused; but know, thou noble youth, the serpent that did sting thy father’s life, now wears his crown” (27, Act I. SC.V). • The relationship between Gertrude and Hamlet is that Gertrude is Hamlet’s mother. This relatonship is important because Claudius seduced her right after Kind Hamlet died. When Hamlet found out what happened to his father, Hamlet described her as a whore, “(Play) Queen- The instances that second marriage more are base respects of thrift, but no
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