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I think its very humorous that Shakepeare includes a play inside his play that shares a parralel plot with Hamlet. He truly is a literary genius. This section of the play is very helpful towards Hamlet. When he sees the players performance and the play that they are doing, especially the first player's role, he cant help but feel sick that it directly correlates to his situation. Sick in the sense that he watches this actor have the passion and courage to do what is right, for nothing, and he himself sits back with the rage and anger that builds inside of him. That would get to anyone. Having some actor show you up, unintentionally of course. But i don't think Hamlet should have thought much of it. The actor is only acting, it's not real. If he was in Hamlet's situation he would probably do the same thing and keep the anger inside. The play was only helpful to show Hamlet the clear way to go. He even hatched a plan to help gain revenge on his evil uncle. By adding some lines, he hopes to spark some reaction or expression from his uncle to know once and for all if he did kill his father. Ive got to give a hand to Shakespeare on this one. I mean the plot of this story is great enough, but then he adds it again in the form of a staged performance. The use of repetition is truly great. How does Shakespeare's use of the player convince Hamlet that revenge is necessary? And how does the plot thicken from the use of this character?

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Vision, perception, and belief. Vision is a word with two similiar meanings. One is "the act or power of sensing with the eyes," while the other meaning is "the act or power of anticipating that which will or may come to be." So Horatio sees the ghost for himself and his vision tells him its real. But could he have also had a vision of the ghost appearing? Maybe something is on Horatio's mind as well as Hamlets. Now seeing this ghost is not enough. Horatio has got to believe that it is real. The definition of belief is "confidence in the truth or existence of something not immediately susceptible to rigorous proof." Obviously, during anytime period i would imagine, the belief of an apparition is something hard to accept. The sight of this ghost alone could or could not have been enough for Hoaratio to believe what he saw was in fact real. His perception wants him to believe that what he sees isn't real, but he can't deny the truth in front of him. If I were in his shoes, I would certainly be puzzled by the sighting, but i would also get curious as to why a ghost would be here. He hasn't seen one before, so what actions or events could have taken place to make this apparition appear? I think if Horatio peiced some things together, or got inside Hamlet's head a bit, he could be the main ingredient to set the kingdom right. Maybe he did have a vision? Some questions i could think for people to respond to are as follows. Does Horatio play a key part in Hamlet discovering that his father has a message for him? How does the ghost of Hamlet's father play a key part in the plot?