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Hamlet is essentially a very unmotivated person. He is apathetic, and prefers to think rather than to act. However, the thing that drives his resolve (to kill Claudius, which becomes his goal in the play) is i) the resentment that his mother got over his father so fast and married his uncle, and ii) that his father's ghost appeared to him. It's not exactly certain what relationship Hamlet had with his father, but Shakespeare makes it seem as though perhaps that was one relationship that Hamlet was actually committed. The appearance of his father's ghost was the thing that motivated Hamlet early on in 'Hamlet'.
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∙ 15y ago
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∙ 16y agoThe main scene which expresses Hamlet's initial concerns and motivations prior to seeing the Ghost is Act 1, Scene 2. In this scene we see the tension between Hamlet and his new step-father Claudius, even before his Father's Ghost tells him that he was murdered by Claudius. This tension (expressed more openly on Hamlet's side but felt by both) comes from Hamlet feeling that everything regarding Claudius has happened too fast. The marriage between his mother and Claudius was in his opinion too soon after his father's funeral and Hamlet is disgusted by the way Claudius is already calling him "my son" and the way he is trying to move on from Old Hamlet's death as quickly as possible while Hamlet himself still feels the need to mourn. The marriage would have also been seen as morally dubious because Claudius used to be his uncle, and his mother's brother in law. Hamlet therefore frequently sees the union as incestuous. In his expressive soliloquy in Act 1, Scene 2, Hamlet also shows a more general frustration with the futility of the world, the "frailty" of women (an opinion resulting from his mother's marriage), and his sense that he has no one to talk to or share his emotions with (perhaps an allusion to his relationship with Ophelia, which is only looked at later in the play). These are all concerns and motivations that are developed afterwards and in the light of the Ghost's revelations, yet Shakespeare cleverly introduces them beforehand.
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∙ 13y agoWouldn't you? If the ghost of your dead father wanted to talk to you, I'd think you'd say, "Absolutely! Bring it on!" There is so much he could tell you even if he wasn't murdered by your uncle.
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∙ 13y agoGee, that's like asking what someone did before they were born! Hamlet does nothing before the play begins or else the play would have started earlier. The backstory that is outlined during the play suggests that Hamlet has been a student at Wittemberg university and has returned to Denmark upon the death of his father to find that his uncle has been elected king. None of this really tells us how he behaves at any time before the play starts.
^ is this person serious? The person who asked the question meant "before the play" that the players perform for hamlet, horatio, gertrude, and claudius.
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∙ 12y agoI don't know--possibly it might have been the horrible and ghastly ghost of his dead and much loved father saying in a booming otherworldly voice, "If ever thou didst thy dear father love, revenge his foul and most unnatural murder!"
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∙ 13y agoHamlet is motivated by the wish to avenge his father's murder. Revenge is what drives Hamlet throughout the play.
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∙ 13y agoHamlet, attempting to convince everyone that he is crazy, acts a little strange, as though he has a plan in mind.
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∙ 11y agoHe doubts some foul play - which in modern terms means that he thinks there WAS some foul play..
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What does the ghost command him not to do in Hamlet?
The ghost tells Hamlet not to bother his mother.
Which character cannot see the ghost Hamlet?
You cannot see the ghost hamlet
What does the ghost in Hamlet symbolize?
if you are asking this for, say, a homework assignment, then I recommend you figure it out on your own, as your teacher could find this easily.The ghost in Shakespeare's Hamlet is Hamlet's father, who is dead. In Hamlet, Hamlet's father is killed by Hamlet's uncle. Hamlet's father's ghost (the ghost) comes back to basically tell Hamlet what happened, and to tell him (more or less) to have revenge on Hamlet's uncle.
Whom do the soldiers and guards want to tell about the ghost?
The soldiers want to tell about the ghost to scare you.
Who else sees and hears the ghost in hamlet?
His father's ghost telling him to avenge his death.
Why doesn't horatio want Hamlet to follow the ghost?
horatio does not want hamlet to follow the ghost because horatio thinks its something evil like the devil in the form of his dead father trying to presuade him
What does the ghost command him not to do in Hamlet?
The ghost tells Hamlet not to bother his mother.
Which character cannot see the ghost Hamlet?
You cannot see the ghost hamlet
What does the ghost in Hamlet symbolize?
if you are asking this for, say, a homework assignment, then I recommend you figure it out on your own, as your teacher could find this easily.The ghost in Shakespeare's Hamlet is Hamlet's father, who is dead. In Hamlet, Hamlet's father is killed by Hamlet's uncle. Hamlet's father's ghost (the ghost) comes back to basically tell Hamlet what happened, and to tell him (more or less) to have revenge on Hamlet's uncle.
How many times the ghost appears throughout the play in Hamlet?
If we talk about the ghost ,it was Hamlet's father King Hamlet's ghost and it appears four times throughout the play.
Whom do the soldiers and guards want to tell about the ghost?
The soldiers want to tell about the ghost to scare you.
Who else sees and hears the ghost in hamlet?
His father's ghost telling him to avenge his death.
Did the ghost instruct Hamlet to punish gertrude?
No, the ghost instructs Hamlet to seek revenge on his uncle, King Claudius, for murdering him and usurping the throne. The ghost does not mention punishing Gertrude, Hamlet's mother.
Who do the soldiers and guards want to tell about the ghost in Hamlet?
They tell hamlet.
What does Hamlet realize after talking with the ghost?
HAMLET learns about the ghost from horatio and marcellus
What is a good title for an essay on Hamlet's father the ghost?
The Ghost's parting line to Hamlet is , "Remember me." Then might be a good title.
Does the Ghost speak only to Hamlet and not to Marcellus and Horatio?
Yes the ghost only speaks to Hamlet. The others can see him but cannot hear him. When the ghost visits Hamlet in his mother's closet, his mother can neither see nor hear him.
