Sunday, March 29, 2015

In Act I, Scene 1 of "Hamlet", how does Horatio show that he also believes in ghosts after the ghost's appearance?

After the ghost's appearance, Horatio exclaims, "Before my God, I might not this believe / Without the sensible and true avouch / Of mine own eyes." In other words, he had to see the apparition to believe in it.

When the ghost appears again, Horatio addresses the spirit and tries to get him to speak. The ghost, however, does not respond and exits the scene again. At this point, Horatio, Bernardo, and Marcellus decide that they must tell Hamlet what they have encountered that evening.

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