reviewed, it becomes a very real possibility that the ghost's words are stolen from the depths of Hamlet's own soul. When comparing the words, of the ghost to Hamlet's own words one sees many similarities. For instance, in Hamlet's first soliloquy, he mentions that life is an unweeded garden, "'tis an unweeded garden/ that grows to seed, things rank and gross in nature/ possess it merely" (1.2.135-37). The next person to make reference to weeds is the ghost, "I find the apt,/ And duller shouldst thou be than the fat weed/ that roots itself in ease on Lethe wharf,/ wouldst thou not stir in this" (1.5.33-5). This seems like a simple word that any character could use, yet it is not until 3.4 when it is used again by Hamlet "And do not spread the compost on the weeds/ to make them ranker" (151-2). 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 Op
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