In Hamlet, written by William Shakespeare, Shakespeare examines the differ-ence between appearance and reality. The problem of what is real and what is not is established from the beginning of the play to the end.
The play starts outside the castle, where three guards witness the appearance of a Ghost who looks exactly like the dead old Hamlet. They ask Hamlet, the prince of Denmark and his friend Horatio to come see the Ghost. Hamlet speaks to the ghost, who claims to be the spirit of his dead father. The Ghost tells Hamlet that Claudius murdered him, by poring poison in his ear, but in reality a snake has bitten him while asleep. The ghost appears as a spirit from hell, but the truth is that the ghost is really the seer of reality who tries to reveal facts to Hamlet. It is odd that Hamlet is the only person, besides the guards, who could see the ghost.
Appearance Vs. Reality In Hamlet.
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Laertes, now seeking revenge against Hamlet to avenge his father’s and sis-ter’s deaths, challenges Hamlet to a duel. Secretly, he plots with Claudius to make sure Hamlet dies in the battle. The sword he uses is poisoned, and so is Hamlet's glass if wine. During the duel, the Queen accidentally drinks the poisoned cup and dies. Hamlet and Laertes are both seriously wounded. Before dying, Laertes tells Hamlet the truth and all the details about Claudius’s plot against Hamlet. He says af-ter he’s been wounded by Hamlet, “…Lo, here I lie, never to rise again. Thy mother’s poisoned. I can no more. Th
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Hamlet, Characters In Hamlet, William Shakespeare, Ghost, Gertrude, Truth, Death, Suicide, Claudius, King,
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