Spirit rover

Act 1 Scene 1 – King Hamlet Ghost On a dark night in Elsinore Denmark, fellow guards Bernardo, Francisco, and Marcellus are hanging out in the battlements of the castle. When guarding, they witness a ghost that resembles the dead king Hamlet. They decide to share the news with Horatio, since he is a scholar and would know what to do. Horatio attempts to talk to the ghost but the ghost refuses to talk to him and walks away. This is when Horatio suggested telling his good friend Hamlet about the…

In act one scene five, Hamlet’s ghost father told him “revenge his foul and most unnatural murder.” This ghost is a questionable ghost. Hamlet’s friends don’t trust the ghost at all, they say because, it might tempt him into madness. Hamlet does not beleave in the ghost’s words just yet. He thinks the Ghost is questionable. He does not know for sure if it is his father or not, which makes him delay. Even though the Ghost compares himself to an angel and even though Horatio hopefully says,…

the ghost of his father. Most would say that he has just lost his mind from the grief. It is a reasonable accusation, however even though he was going through the emotions and the devastation of losing his father, he was not the only one to see the spirit of his father walk about the night. In (1.1.50-60) Bernardo, Marcellus, and Horatio are standing guard when they see the ghost of the past king. Now note, this is at the beginning of the play. This is before Hamlet is made known that his…

or if they held negative feelings or emotions against other people, the spirit may be trapped here, anchored by their negative energies. Departed spirits must remain here until they can resolve or complete their mission. Second, if they had unresolved issues or unfinished business they would want to stay until those issues or business concerns were taken care of. So once the task has been finished or achieved then the spirit should be free to go to the other realm. Sounds like the movie Casper…

It has relationships with the mind, body, spirit, soul, new age religions, paganism, druidism and even activities such as meditation or yoga (Woodhead, et al., 2009, p. 335). Spirituality is less defined, less structured and is something that is searched for and often experienced alone, compared…

soul returned to them. Due to that fact that humanity will probably never know what the true answer is, one cannot help but ponder about what happens to our spirit after it leaves our body. That is exactly what Lucretius and Marcus Aurelius do in On the Nature of Things and Meditations, respectively. While Lucretius believes that our spirits are made of miniscule atoms, Marcus Aurelius believes that we are all limbs of God, striving to protect the perfection of the whole. Marcus Aurelius is a…

the soul does not align with the appetite part, Socrates uses the story of “Leontius, son of Aglaoin” as an example (137). Socrates narrates how Leontius sauntered by a pile of corpses and “had an appetite to look at them” (137). But his reason and spirit told him he should be “disgusted” so he “turned away” (137). Leontius has an internal struggle in his psyche between his appetite and reason—should he look or should he not—but, he ultimately gives into his desires and scolds himself by…

The body is a form of art that extrapolates ones identity. It is through the identity of the body, that the society dictates the treatment of individuals. Ovid declares in his opening statement of the Metamorphoses, “to tell of bodies changed into new forms.” The body is consistently changing or shape-shifting, like the Greek characters, thus changing ones identity. And with the change of identity come the change of treatment of the self. Ovid’s proposition in his Metamorphoses, In the Flesh by…

The Concept of Ghosts as Portrayed in The Piano Lesson The Piano Lesson, a play written by August Wilson, portrays a family that has been living within the presence of various ghosts and spirits. The play hones in on the Charles family living in Pittsburgh during the depression. Doaker, Berniece and Maretha are surprised with a visit from Bernice’s brother Boy Willie and his partner Lymon. In the house which Berniece, Doaker and Maretha live, there is a piano; a family heirloom that has…

The mind and body have been studied throughout time both in conjunction and individually. Ancient philosophies such as Plato’s (Silverman, 2013) viewed the body as temporary where as the mind was from another world therefore being able to transport. This means that the two were only united until the death or decay of the body and because the mind was from another world, it was the only thing capable of viewing universal truths. These philosophies are still being represented in 20th century…