so this entire scene takes place in Gertrude's room??
Not to mention that Polonius's death was not right at all.... i mean think about it, would your first reaction to a rat be stabbing it? that was uncalled for but in the mood tha hamlet is in i can see the over reaction...
What is the significance of the ghost re-appearing?
Does he only come back to say that Hamlet is wasting time?
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The scene mostly takes place in Gertrude's room. However, even though I would say that Polonius' death was uncalled for, I would say that Hamlet did the right thing by killing him. After all, it was his idea to send Hamlet to England to be killed. And Hamlet found this out by illicit means.
However, Hamlet has only one objective, and that is to kill Claudius. So if I were in Hamlet's position and found a "rat", the first person to come to my mind would be Claudius, and I would kill him, so I feel Hamlet acted accordingly.
The point of the ghost reappearing is to tell Hamlet that he was going overboard with verbally bashing Gertrude. He told Hamlet not to deviate from his primary objective, which was to kill Claudius. This is why the ghost appears again.
-Raj Putatunda
I agree with Raj's comment, I think Hamlet committed no wrong in killing Polonius. Polonius deserved to die, but not as much as Claudius does. I think that Hamlet should have used his angry state of mind at that time to carry out his main goal of killing Claudius. Since he has just killed Polonius it is going to be much harder for him to get to the king once everyone knows what he has done.
As for the ghost's appearance, it could just be Hamlet's conscious conjuring this vision. Gertrude doesn't see it, which is odd because whenever the ghost appeared before it was visible to all. But never the less, the ghost is serving to keep Hamlet in check so he does not hurt his mother and so he will focus on what is really import, as Raj said.
I agree with Sean. I think that Polonius deserves to die but not as much as Claudius. It will definitely be a lot easier to kill Claudius because his main protector(Polonius) is not in the way anymore. I also agree with Sean when he said that the ghost reappearing could only be a vision that Hamlet sees, although we are not positive.
I think that the importance of the ghost is to remind him of what his job is that he has to do which is kill Claudious and the guidelines he has while doing this job. Which is not to hurt his mother. The ghost can also serve the purspose as one of the major moments when he starts to cross over that thin line being acting like he is crazy and actually becoming crazy.
I don't know that Hamlet should have necessarily killed Polonius. But Polonius was wrong to be spying on Hamlet. But I guess it just all ties back into the tragic flaw, and we knew that was coming.
It is clear that Hamlet had every intention of killing whoever was behind the curtain, because had he thought it were a rat... he would not have stabbed in the center. Then next we can see that Gertrude has chosen Hamlet's side because she defends him and says he was trying to kill what he thought was a rat.
We also have to remember that Hamlet is pretending to be, if he is not already.. crazy.
Oh and the ghost coming back is to remind Hamlet that he should not be harming his mother, just kind of like his conscience. But since his mother can't see the ghost, its almost like a reminder for her that Hamlet is crazy.
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