This, yea, this is very vengeance! Wills abhorrence of time and its It was. The Ghosts planned to use Hamlet as his weapon for revenge counters God. Also, vengeance is allowed if God sends the Ghost as his agent, and it is very clear that he didnt. O all you host of heaven! O earth! What else? And shall I couple hell? Hamlet is wondering whether the Ghost is from heaven or hell. The Ghost is asking him to murder his uncle, which Hamlet knows that it is against the church. If God sends the Ghost, then why does the Ghost want Hamlet and his friends to swear that they did not see anything that night? Also, if Hamlet thought that the Ghost is completely right, then why didnt he kill Claudius right away?If he absolutely believed that the Ghost was right, he would immediately go off and kill the King in any normal play. But is theres a half of him that doubts it, if his self mockery is so great, and his self-distrust is great enough, then one half of him would be humorously inclined to believe that this Ghost is a devil. (Richard Sterne, pp.125) Hamlet may have believed that the Ghost may be telling him to do something wrong. He must have thought that the Ghost may not be an agent from God but from hell. This is why he did not Claudius right away. He was waiting for Claudius to give a signal that he was guilty of the crime, such as the actors acting the death of King Hamlet. Public revenge was considered allowable in which the agent acted as God's minister or representative to right a wrong for the public good. This means that the Ghosts appearance should be open to the public because the revenge is good, and God wants people to participate in something good. Never to speak of this that you have seen, swear by my sword. Swear by his sword. The Ghost, making Hamlets friends swears, means that this revenge is private. Also, Hamlets bitter self-hatred in these lines stems from his conviction that, in order to act the part of the revenger,...
