General

Question 1

Ghost is

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quintessentially militaristic - Worrall

Question 2

The ghost is the spirit

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of war and the symbol of the devil; corrupting Hamlet with his instructions to kill - Wells

Question 3

revenge is tragic because

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it divides the protagonist against himself, casting him in incompatible roles - Watson

Question 4

Gertrude chose a brother over a dead Hamlet;

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Ophelia chooses a father over a living Hamlet - Kay Stanton

Question 5

[Hamlet is] philosophical, reflective, prone to questioning

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and therefore aware of the larger moral implications of any act - Mary Salter

Question 6

In order to act the part of the revenger,

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he must become a bloody villain himself - John Hunt

Question 7

Hamlet’s situation is ambiguous, since he pursues not only a personal vendetta…

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which Elizabethan commentators condemned but also official justice - which they tended to approve - Watson

Question 8

a good king

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must be a good actor - Patrick