ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -The ghost exhorts Hamlet to seek revenge, telling him that Claudius has corrupted Denmark and corrupted Gertrude, having taken her from the pure love of her first marriage and seduced her in the foul lust of their incestuous union.

Detailed explanation-2: -We also learn later in the play that the Ghost is telling the truth about being murdered by Claudius, because Claudius admits to the murder when he’s talking alone in Act 3, scene 3.

Detailed explanation-3: -As dawn breaks, the ghost leaves. Hamlet swears he will do what the ghost asks and avenge his father’s murder. Horatio and Marcellus find him, and Hamlet asks them to swear not to reveal anything of the ghost.

Detailed explanation-4: -Commanded by his father’s ghost in Act 1 to ‘Revenge his foul and most unnatural murder’ by his brother Claudius, who has robbed him of his wife and throne as well as his life, Hamlet swears that ‘with wings as swift / As meditation, or the thoughts of love, ’ he will ‘sweep to [his] revenge’ (1.5. 25, 29–31).

Detailed explanation-5: -The ghost of Old Hamlet says that he was murdered by Claudius. Hamlet promises to avenge his father. Everyone who witnessed the ghost’s appearance has sworn not to talk about it.