Ultimately, Hamlet’s downfall is only because the ghost told him specifically he wanted Claudius dead, and due to the strong father-son relationship that Hamlet had with his previously alive father, he acted without hesitation. “As meditation or the thoughts of love, May sweep to my revenge” (Act I, scene V). At the core of all of Hamlet’s emotions is love, and the deep connection he had with his father. Once Hamlet experienced a world without his father, his exterior became insane, his interior became awfully depressed, and his actions thoughtless. There is no factual knowledge that the ghost was actually his father, but at that point it did not have to be. The only way Hamlet could keep the relationship with his father alive, was to follow
