The Ghost The Ghost Using all of his seemingly infinite faculties to compose Hamlet, Shakespeare gives each significant character in the play all the depth and emotion of a living human being. Because of this, the characters, as well as the plot, become extremely intricate and difficult to define. Simply assigning a "label" to each character does not do justice to their complexity because no one character acts according to any easily discernible guidelines. By …showed first 75 words of 1001 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1001 total…that goes on inside of him. Was the Ghost a "Spirit of Health" or a "Goblin Damn'd?" Hamlet's encounter with the Ghost was a pivotal point in his life. However, from that point on his life steadily became filled with grief and strife. Considering all the casualties and losses in the name of vengeance, a vengeance first sparked by the words of the Ghost, it must be determined that the Ghost is a "Goblin Damn'd."