It sets up Hamlet's choice in Act 3 not to kill Claudius while he is praying, so that Claudius will suffer even more in the afterlife than Hamlet Sr. did.
No, there are no ghosts in Othello. Hamlet is the Shakespearian play that has a ghost.
Not real ghosts, presumably, but stage ghosts. Ghosts appear in the following Shakespearean plays: Hamlet, Julius Caesar, and Richard III. In Hamlet, the stage directions say only "Enter Ghost", which could mean that he entered through the same doors of all the other actors. Indeed in Act 1 Scene 5 he must enter through the same door as Hamlet as Hamlet is following him. The same can be said for Caesar's Ghost and the Ghosts in Richard III. They could also appear on the balcony. Using the trapdoor would have been awkward and ineffective.
Known to myself, the supernatural are very evident through out his writings. In Macbeth there are witches, and ghost. Hamlet also has apparitions. A mid summer nights dream's main characters are of supernatural abilities being fairies. The most common is the appearance of the dead.
To my knowledge, Hamlet and Macbeth, are two, though I am by no means an expert. Hamlet's father's ghost appears three times, and Banquo's ghost appears to Macbeth at a banquet.There is also a ghost in his Julius Caesar, the ghost of Caesar who appears to Brutus.However, the ghostliest Shakespeare play is Richard III. Richard is visited by the ghosts of everyone he has murdered the night before the battle of Bosworth Field.All in all, there are four Shakespeare plays with ghosts.Hamlet (the ghost of Hamlet's father), Macbeth (the ghost of Banquo), Julius Caesar (the ghost of Caesar) and Richard III (the ghosts of all of Richard's victims: Prince Edward, Henry VI, his brother George, Rivers, Grey, Vaughan, his two nephews, Hastings, his wife and Buckingham)This is not easy to answer. Is Ariel a ghost (the Tempest)? Is the little orphan boy in A Midsummer Nights Dream?There are several ghosts in Richard III (at least five); probably one in Troilus and Cressida; one in Julius Caesar; at least one in Macbeth (but probably more); at least one in Hamlet; and about 4 in Cymbeline.But for a proper answer one would need to define precisely what one means by 'ghost'.
Ghosts.
Martin was drawn to the story of Hamlet in The Fallen because of its themes of revenge, betrayal, and family dynamics. He found the character of Hamlet's struggle with his moral dilemma and his descent into madness especially compelling. Martin also connected with the idea of ghosts haunting the present and the consequences of actions from the past.
Only Hamlet hears it speak. Gertrude cannot see it, but Horatio and the guards can. Is it a real thing or is it a trick of the fog on the battlements, which Hamlet sees as the ghost and imagines speaking? Or maybe is it a bit of both?
No, there are no ghosts in Othello. Hamlet is the Shakespearian play that has a ghost.
Not real ghosts, presumably, but stage ghosts. Ghosts appear in the following Shakespearean plays: Hamlet, Julius Caesar, and Richard III. In Hamlet, the stage directions say only "Enter Ghost", which could mean that he entered through the same doors of all the other actors. Indeed in Act 1 Scene 5 he must enter through the same door as Hamlet as Hamlet is following him. The same can be said for Caesar's Ghost and the Ghosts in Richard III. They could also appear on the balcony. Using the trapdoor would have been awkward and ineffective.
Ghosts appear in four of Shakespeare's plays: "Hamlet," "Macbeth," "Richard III," and "Julius Caesar."
Richard III. Richard dreams of the ghosts of the people he has murdered. The ghosts in Hamlet and Julius Caesar appear to people who are awake.
Prince Hamlet learns that his Uncle Claudius poisoned and murdered his brother and Hamlet's father, King Hamlet. Also he learns that there is an afterlife, and what's more, the doctrine of Purgatory is true. He need never call death "the undiscovered country from whose bourne no traveller returns" again.
Both stories feature ghostly apparitions that play a pivotal role in motivating the main characters - Scrooge in "A Christmas Carol" and Hamlet in "Hamlet" - to change their ways and seek redemption or vengeance. Additionally, both ghosts convey messages about the consequences of past actions and the importance of self-awareness and transformation.
Known to myself, the supernatural are very evident through out his writings. In Macbeth there are witches, and ghost. Hamlet also has apparitions. A mid summer nights dream's main characters are of supernatural abilities being fairies. The most common is the appearance of the dead.
Horatio didn't believe in ghosts. After seeing the ghost for the first time, he said the following:Horatio: Before my God, I might not this believeWithout the sensible and true avouchOf mine own eyes.Hamlet : Act 1 Scene 1
Well, honey, "A Midsummer Night's Dream" is the odd one out here. It's all about fairies, love potions, and mistaken identities, but no ghosts in sight. Macbeth and Hamlet, on the other hand, are chock full of those spooky specters haunting the characters.
Marcellus and Barnardo assume that Horatio, being an educated man, will have studied Speaking to Ghosts 101 at Wittenberg University and will know how to talk to it.