In Act 1, Scene 5 of “Hamlet”, by William Shakespeare, Hamlet is visited by a ghost, who claims to be his father’s spirit, to learn the truth of the late King’s death. The ghost reveals that it was Claudius, the late King’s brother, who was the cause of his death as opposed to rumors that it had been a poisonous snake. The ghost reveals this in hopes of encouraging Hamlet to take revenge against Claudius for he had taken his father’s crown and wife. Shakespeare uses several literary devices like personification, metaphor, and imagery to further enhance this scene between Hamlet and the ghost. Shakespeare utilizes personification within this scene by illuminating inanimate objects to create a better understanding to readers of the intensity
