To the commoner, William Shakespeare's masterpiece, Hamlet, is a simple tragedy. In this assumption, most people are correct for in its simplest form, Hamlet is a tale about a middle aged prince who seeks revenge for his father's murder but in the process ends up being killed himself. To the learned reader, however, Hamlet, and its main character, Hamlet, are more complex than just a simple tragedy. In the play, we see that Hamlet's personality and mood switch several times. From the disillusioned, to the melancholy, Hamlet's personality is a wild ride of a character.
             It is true that the ghost Hamlet saw could have been the devil. However it is just as plausible that the ghost was a figment of his imagination. The most plausible choice is the ghost is a figment of his imagination telling him, what he wants to hear. The ghost that Barnardo, Horation, and Marcellus saw may have just been a trickery of the natural light and wind. When the ghost, assumed to be the recently murdered King Hamlet, speaks to Hamlet, the ghost tells Hamlet nothing other than what Hamlet already suspects. While in the beginning Hamlet never outright blames his father's death on Claudius, Hamlet does not like Claudius and replies to the king, " A little more than kin and less than kind," (I,ii,l.67). This shows Hamlets obvious dislike and mistrust for King Claudius. As a result of this mistrust Hamlet will subconsciously question his father's death and place Claudius as a suspect. The ghost only confirms Hamlet's suspicion by stating that King Hamlet's death wa!
             s a, "Murder most foul, as in the best it is, But this most foul, strange, and unnatural," (I,iv,l.33-34), as Hamlet already believed there were circumstances surrounding his father's death.
             Furthermore, the ghost speaks a great deal about Gertrude's incest, condemning it, telling Hamlet to "Let no
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