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3 comments:
I think that it's Hamlet's conscience getting to him. The whole idea of imagination has to come from somewhere, and I think it's from our minds playing games with us. The ghost is obviously not real, but I think that Hamlet gets paranoid and imagines this figure of his mind telling him what to do. Between his mom cheating on his father, his uncle murdering his father and himself being lost and confused- his conscience seems to be eating him up in this whole idea of revenge.
I think it is Hamlet's conscience. He had the plan of acting crazy, but I think the acting has turned into a reality. He may actually have become crazy. He thought about his mother and his uncle together and what Claudius did to his father so much that it has made him go insane. His conscience is now telling him what he needs to do. He is "seeing" ghosts. It's the same thing as when someone repeatedly tells themselves something so much that they actually believe it to be true. If you truly believe in something, it can become your reality. So, I believe it to be Hamlet's conscience, not an actual ghost.
And besides, I don't believe in ghosts. (Even if it's a story)
I think the first time the ghost appears, it is a real phantom. It comes to inform Hamlet about the truth of King Hamlet's death. Because we later see that Claudius confesses to killing his brother, we know that the ghost is correct. If this ghost was merely a figment of Hamlet's imagination, how is it that Hamlet knew the truth about his father's death?
However, the second and final time the ghost appears, in Gertrude's bedroom, I believe that it is simply a manifestation of Hamlet's conscience. At this point in the play, Hamlet feels tremendous guilt for not carrying out his plan of revenge. All of his feelings come to a head and take form in the shape of the same ghost he previously saw.
I also do not believe that Hamlet is crazy. I feel that he is in control of his wits throughout the play but pretends to be insane to everyone he interacts with.
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