so matches an evil spirit. The Ghost caused more harm than comfort, and a good spirit is the opposite of that. The Ghost is not a messenger from God because he wanted Hamlet to perform private revenge, not public. The spirit also defied the church by acting under his own ambition, not Gods. He told the truth to Hamlet and this him his life. The spirit is evil because it caused more harm than good. This last quote from John Hunt describes evil state of the Ghost. The Ghost is simultaneously insubstantial and a horrifying memento of all that rots, seeming to embody the very forces of corporeal ruin that Hamlet fears may be inimical virtue. ...
