Ghost of King Hamlet
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The Ghost of King Hamlet is the spectral apparition of Prince Hamlet’s deceased father in Shakespeare’s tragedy, whose revelations about his murder set the play’s revenge plot in motion.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| King Hamlet | 3 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
ghost ⓘ literary character ⓘ supernatural being ⓘ |
| accuses | Claudius NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Hamlet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsTo |
Barnardo
NERFINISHED
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Horatio NERFINISHED ⓘ Marcellus NERFINISHED ⓘ Prince Hamlet NERFINISHED ⓘ the sentinels at Elsinore ⓘ |
| associatedTheme |
appearance versus reality
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memory and remembrance ⓘ revenge ⓘ sin and damnation ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | murder ⓘ |
| creator | William Shakespeare NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| describesAfterlifeAs | purgatorial suffering ⓘ |
| dramaticFunction |
exposition of backstory
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motivator of Hamlet’s hesitation and doubt ⓘ source of uncertainty about supernatural truth ⓘ |
| fatherOf | Prince Hamlet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstAppearanceLocation | Elsinore Castle battlements NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstAppearanceScene | Act I, Scene I ⓘ |
| formerStatus | King of Denmark NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| influences |
Hamlet’s delay in killing Claudius
ⓘ
Hamlet’s feigned madness ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | Early Modern English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | English Renaissance drama ⓘ |
| medium | theatrical play ⓘ |
| moralInstructionToHamlet |
punish Claudius
ⓘ
spare Gertrude ⓘ |
| murderedBy | Claudius NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationalityInFiction | Danish ⓘ |
| relative |
Claudius
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Gertrude NERFINISHED ⓘ Prince Hamlet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| requests | revenge from Prince Hamlet ⓘ |
| reveals | his own murder ⓘ |
| roleInWork |
catalyst of the revenge plot
ⓘ
inciting incident figure ⓘ |
| sceneOfMajorAppearance | Act I, Scene V ⓘ |
| spouse | Gertrude NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title | King of Denmark NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workCentury | 17th century ⓘ |
| workForm | play in five acts ⓘ |
| workGenre | tragedy ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
King Hamlet
this entity surface form:
King Hamlet