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The Ghost is a puzzle right from the beginning to the end of the play namely the Hamlet. Shakespeare uses the ghost of Senior-Hamlet for dramatic purpose. Shakespeare uses the ghost to create mystery, pity and fear. The ghost is not true to his looks as Horatio doubts him and compares him to Senior Hamlet saying that it looks the most like Senior Hamlet.. The Ghost repeats the words imagined or spoken by Hamlet. It, being the ghost of Hamlet's father, instigates Hamlet to murder King Claudius. Queen Gertrude though the wife of Elder Hamlet is neither able to see him nor hear him. The supernatural power affects  only  those  who believe  in  them.

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