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The ghost is a useful dramatic but for a modern audience its effect is to diminish rather then enhance the plays impact
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The Ghost is a useful dramatic device but for a modern audience its' effect is to diminish rather then enhance the plays impact. How far do you agree? I will be discussing the Shakespeare play Hamlet and the effectiveness of the ghost as a dramatic devise, the audience I will be discussing is one that is contemporary to myself. To be able to discuss this I have to be able to examine the connotations of a ghost in Shakespearian times, and the connotation of a ghost to a modern audience. In Shakespearian times a Ghost lead to fear because a ghost was a wondering soul left upon earth to finish its' life. Shakespearian people were of a more religious nature and were lead to believe that Ghosts were ungodly, due to the fact that they were unable to enter heaven once dead. The Shakespearian audience was also far more believing to what...
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