In Elizabethan times, a ghost was generally believed to be a devil that had assumed the form of a dead person. These ghosts wanted to put into danger the souls of those nearest themselves through lies and other questionable behavior. In Hamlet, when the ghost first appears on the palace guard's watch, no one affirms that it is the spirit of Hamlet's father, only that

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Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)