There is Something Rotten in Denmark in Hamlet by Sharkespeare

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Rotten Denmark
Examine the role of the Ghost in the play . How are his appearances a catalyst, or not, for the subsequent tragedies within the play?
A mysterious illusion appears during the beginning scene of play, paradoxically seeking revenge and heavenly peace. The King Hamlet, the ghost is one of the most major characters in play because his appearance is defiantly a catalyst that sets the play in motion. Without him, Hamlet would never have known the facts about his father's murder and would never have commenced upon the mission to kill Claudius. Moresoever, the Ghost's role is so significant to the play, because his appearance only speed up the tragedies within the play. In the play his appearance creates a catalyst through vengeance, madness in addition aiding the gruesome tragedies within the play.
Throughout the plot the playwright uses the desire for revenge for the death of the King. When speaking with his father he commands Hamlet to “[revenge] [my] foul and most unnatural murder” (1.5.25). Hamlet is now obliged to kill Claudius to avenge his father
This revelation is the catalyst for the rest of the play's action and, as a result, Hamlet created a plot to force his uncle the king into confessing to the crime. Firstly , Hamlet erased himself and his humanist education,
“all saws of books, all forms, all pressures past, that youth and observation copied there , and thy commandment all alone shall live within the book and volume of my brain” (1.5.98/103 ) .
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...take him He killed Polonius and he acts like nothing really happen he shows no remorse none at all this shows the extent the ghost pushes him within the play by allowing and cheering on Hamlet to created all these tragedies in the play when the ghost appears ghost then appears to him again for the third time in the play making sure he will do what he had been told ,
In the final scene this is where the gruesome tragedies took place in the play Claudius tries to foil Hamlet's revenge by weaving a fantasy of the prince envying Laertes' achievements in France. This has the effect of Laertes creating a plot to treat his sword with poison so a single cut will kill Hamlet during a duel Laertes intends to call to avenge Polonius. As a backup plan, Claudius decides to poison a glass of wine that he'll give to Hamlet when he calls for a drink during the duel.

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