The ghost in act one scene one of Hamlet represents many different things. The first appearance of the ghost (1.1.47) shows that there is something ominous looming over the state of Denmark. The ghost appears and is silent. He simply stands there and watches Marcellus, Barnardo, and Horatio. Barnardo says “Looks he not like the King?” (1.1.50). By the ghost taking on the image of the deceased King Hamlet, the ghost is enlarging the shadow left over Denmark by the king’s untimely and unexpected death. The ghost represents the fact that since the king has died nature has become unbalanced and something is wrong in the kingdom of Denmark.
This ghost is also a physical representation of the anxiety that has taken over Denmark with the death of
This ghost is also a physical representation of the anxiety that has taken over Denmark with the death of