FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
HAMLET
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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It’s good to know that we can make contactwith the dead.
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It means that he should question Gertrude.
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It’s an omen of bad things to come.
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It’s too frightening to view.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Horatio in particular sees the ghost as an ill omen boding violence and turmoil in Denmark’s future, comparing it to the supernatural omens that supposedly presaged the assassination of Julius Caesar in ancient Rome (and which Shakespeare had recently represented in Julius Caesar ).
Detailed explanation-2: -Horatio is a discerning and intelligent man, and the appearance of this ghost makes him deeply uneasy. But Horatio is not afraid of the ghost, only of what it portends-that something is not well with Denmark.
Detailed explanation-3: -Horatio cannot deny that he, too, sees the Ghost. All three men agree that the Ghost is real; in fact, they recognize it as the “majesty of buried Denmark”-the recently dead King Hamlet. They entreat the Ghost to stay and talk, but it dissolves into the night.
Detailed explanation-4: -Horatio reacts to the ghost with tormenting fear and surprise, but does note that the ghost looks like the King Hamlet. Horatio speaks to the ghost with “ What art thou that usurp’st this time of night, ” (1.1. 54) and demands the ghost to respond to him. This usage of the word “ thou” causes the ghost to exit.