Does Hamlet Fabricate the conversation with the ghost
Question: Does Hamlet fabricate the conversation with the ghost? In Shakespeare's Hamlet, madness, along with revenge, is a central theme. Hamlet is driven to destroy his uncle in order to exact vengeance for the murder of his father. However, there is ample evidence that the murder may have never happened, and Hamlet's sole evidence, the conversation with the ghost, may have been created from one of two sources. Either Hamlet was truly mad, even at the onset of the play, and used his own subconscious as a guide to create a dialogue with the ghost, or the ghost was in fact a demon who used Hamlet's subconscious buttons to force him to destroy the kingdom. There is ample textual evidence to suggest that Hamlet never spoke to the ghost of his father but instead some type of manifestation from his subconscious. The first evidence pointing toward Hamlet creating the words of the ghost comes during their first meeting. The behavior exhibited by the ghost is odd. Normally three people are needed to confirm the truth in Elizabethan England, yet the ghost leads Hamlet away from his two friends. That action leaves only Hamlet to hear what the ghost says. When consi
Hamlet is evidently under emotional stress. (1988) Sensory deception: A scientific analysis of hallucination. " As Hamlet kills the king he says, "thou incestuous, murd'rous, damned Dane," which also is similar to the ghost's pattern of speech. This attitude leaves Hamlet open to great danger. Yet, he gives us the impression it is he, Hamlet, who is avenged. It is obviously a simple word that any character could use, but when only the ghost and Hamlet use it exclusively it adds to the pile of evidence. No one else in the kingdom seems to think the marriage of Hamlet's uncle and mother is incest. Hamlet, having already established his melancholy, is open to suggestion by demons, if the ghost be such a being, or is open to imagine what the ghost might say or do. Upon close examination of the dialogue it is not exactly clear what the men have seen that might be different than anything they have seen before. Another word shared by the ghost and Hamlet is "adieu;" the ghost says it to Hamlet, Hamlet repeats it shortly after to himself, he uses it in a letter to Ophelia and finally says it to his mother as she dies. Horatio must acknowledge that Hamlet seems to be hearing other voices. Also, the ghost appears in a nightgown as opposed to a suit of armor implying that it has been revenged. In fact, no single man in the group, save Hamlet, responds to the ghost. So, even if Polonious was a factor in the death it seems that the king would not be revenged until Claudius is killed.
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