Hamlet- the ghost

BRETHREN WHY ARE THERE 40 HAMLET QUOTES BUT LIKE 5 FOR THE GHOST

‘Shakespeare’s audience would have accepted the reality of the ghost but its provenance and significance, the truth of its words, cannot be trusted.’

Saga

 ‘A young man from Wittenberg, with a distinctly Protestant temperament, is haunted by a distinctly Catholic ghost.’

Greenblatt

‘Is it a diabolical manifestation on a mission to trick Hamlet into forfeiting his soul?’

Clinton

‘The ghost is actually a devil, using Hamlet to spread evil and Hell on earth.’

Knight

‘the ghost’s presence is uncertain: if it is infernal, then the devil has won’, a doubt that leads Hamlet himself to consider whether his desire for vengeance is justified, speculating that the ‘spirit’ he has seen ‘may be a devil’.

Bradshaw