Consider the significance and importance of the Ghost to the play, to the other characters and to the audience, both contemporary and Elizabethan.

... AS Level Shakespeare Module Assessment Task 1) Consider the significance and importance of the Ghost to the play, to the other characters and to the audience, both contemporary and Elizabethan. In Shakespeare's 'Hamlet', the ghost plays a key role in influencing the destinies of the other characters. The ghost is important to the play as it symbolizes both fate and catalyses the plot. It also brings the play into the revenge tragedy genre, which allows foreshadowing to occur and helps the audience, both Elizabethan and contemporary to better understand the play and appreciate it. The late King Hamlet is forced to roam the earth as he was murdered before he could confess to his sins, having to remain in purgatory till his sins are washed from him and he is able to enter into heaven. Hamlet, the tragic hero of the play, and is influenced by the encounter with whom he believes

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