How does the ghost persuade Hamlet to accept the role of the avenger

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How does the ghost persuade hamlet to accept the role of avenger?

     

     The ghost uses many different persuasive tactics to influence Hamlet into accepting the role of the avenger. One main tactic he uses is trying to make Hamlet feel sorry for him. At the start of the conversation, the ghost speaks of when he has to go back ‘to sulphurous and tormenting flames.’ This is quite a shocking beginning to a conversation already making Hamlet feel sorry for doing nothing wrong. Another example was when the ghost was almost pleading for Hamlet to listen and revenge the king, ‘list, list o list! If thou didst ever thy dear father love.’ This is also showing how the spirit of Hamlets father is giving the impression that he needs to be felt sorry for and wants to revenge the king that stole his wife.

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     Another tactic that was used by the ghost was to create a sense of shock and awe especially about his murder. He talked about his murder as being ‘most foul, strange and unnatural’ trying to make it sound as cruel as possible adding to the reasons why hamlet should accept the role of avenger.

   Shakespeare when describing the ghost telling Hamlet who committed the murder uses a metaphor, ‘a serpent stung me; so the whole ear of Denmark is by a forged process of my death rankly abused.’ This serpent is referring to Hamlets Uncle, the ...

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