At last the entry of the mysterious ghost which unnerves the soul of Hamlet. He prys for answers from his two fellow mates Horatio and Marcellus. As the clock strikes past midnight the ghost appears and Hamlet immediatly begins to speak with it calling it "thee Hamlet" and kingly father. The ghost taunts Hamlet to go with him as in to speak in silence from no following ears. Horatio begs him not to go so the ghost does not force Hamlet to do something reckless or life threatening.
One of my favorite passages from Hamlet is on lines 65 to 68 where Hamlet leaves to follow the ghost
"I do not set my life at a pin's fee,
And for my soul, what can it do to that
Being a thing immortal as itself?
It waves me forth again. I'll follow it"
Although this scene is short a few questions are left unanswered. Is the ghostly figure a figment of Hamlet's mind from the sorrow of his father's death. Trying to believe in anything that catches his grasps. Even Horatio replies with "He waxes desperate with imagination." Is this all real or is Hamlet loosing his mind.
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