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"Hamlet" Sue Brotherwood How Does Shakespeare Present the Ghost and its Role in "Hamlet"? In What Ways have Modern Audiences and Readers Interpreted This? Elizabethans would cry in horror at the prospect of seeing a ghost appear on the stage and, depending upon the religious leanings of the audience, the reasons for that appearance would differ. The impact of the ghost itself upon the play does not rely on endless moaning and sighing throughout each scene. The fact that the ghost only appears in two scenes does not lessen its importance and the imagery and language it uses leave a lasting picture through to the end. The presentation of the ghost is an important part of the play, as Charles Marowitz wrote in his Collage Hamlet: 'What is frightening about a ghost is not its unearthliness, but its earthliness: its semblance of reality divorced from existence.' The modern audience may have the...

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