...In Shakespeare’s play, Hamlet, the ghost of the late King Hamlet has influenced his son to become obsessed with the idea of death. When young Hamlet is informed of the ghost’s sighting, he is anxious and curious to find out who this ghost is and what news it has to deliver. After the ghost reveals himself as Hamlet’s deceased father, Hamlet’s curiosity increases. The ghost divulges to Hamlet that his brother, Claudius, poisoned him to take his life as well as his throne, which infuriates young Hamlet. After this shocking revelation, Hamlet becomes obsessed with thoughts of death and avenging his father’s murder, which contributes to his insanity. When Hamlet speaks to his father’s ghost, his father insists that Hamlet avenge his death by killing Claudius. The ghost explains to his son that King Claudius has corrupted the nation of Denmark, has robbed him of his own life, and therefore, achieving revenge is crucial. After conversing with the ghost, Hamlet vows to seek vengeance on Claudius. This “seeking” of vengeance very quickly turns into an obsession. Hamlet’s every thought seems to revolve around his plot to kill Claudius, causing friends and family to express concern over his strange behaviors. Rumors begin to travel around Denmark that Hamlet has “gone mad,” while Hamlet claims to only be feigning his insanity. Hamlet’s soliloquy where he contemplates suicide is one example of his obsession with death. Amidst the stresses of planning Claudius’ murder, Hamlet even considers...
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...die. Eventually everyone’s father dies. Hamlet is sad and angry at the same time. I think that Hamlet is resentful towards his mother, Gertrude. Hamlet feels that his mother has not mourned his father appropriately, that her mourning was too brief. He is also angry with her and his uncle for getting married. Hamlet feels that the marriage was too soon after the late King’s death. I think Hamlet is also bothered by the fact that Gertrude married her brother-in-law. Hamlet views it as being incestuous. There are more layers added to Hamlet’s mind. The ghost of his father appears to him in the fifth scene of the first act. The ghost tells Hamlet that he was murdered by his own brother. The ghost accuses King Claudius of pouring poison in his ear while he slept in the garden one afternoon. Hamlet is overwhelmed with this revelation. “O, my prophetic soul! My uncle!” (Shakespeare, 1600, p. 928). The ghost tells Hamlet that he must avenge his...
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...Do you need a little excitement and thrill? Perhaps 88 minutes of it, sure to get your adrenaline pumping. Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimensions is the newest in the sequel, that still continues to thrill scary movie watchers. The storyline plays off the previous movies which does make it somewhat generic. A suburban family movie into a new house that has a demonic spirit, the same one that appears in all the previous movies, that reeks havoc on mainly the daughter but the parents as well. This movie includes a intense plotline unlike the previous movies in the series and captivating film quality that's sure to put one in awe. the skill of acting by the cast cannot be forgotten. As watching the movie one could feel the emotion, from the actors, pouring off the screen. The plotline of the movie is what makes it different from the ones before it. The movies before Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimensions, within the series, did not include much, if any, plotline for the audience to follow. The quality of the plotline is where things get rough. the characters and setting is introduced and then it becomes similar to the previous movies. Which is just first person footage of the paranormal activity and a few...
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...to stick somewhat of a plan. Carroll writes, “The struggle for coherence and sanity amidst radical uncertainty,” (Carroll 251). The throne of Hamlet’s father was wrongly taken from him, when Claudius murders Hamlet Sr. and quickly married Gertrude. Carroll recognizes that, “Thwarted political ambitions are the least of Hamlet’s concerns” (Carroll 235). Hamlet struggles with his sanity during the play, it seems to be guided by a plan at first, but throughout the course of the play, his perfect plan as well as his sanity, begin to crumble. Carroll believes that throughout the story Hamlet shows real signs of insanity, which is why it takes him so long to finally murder his uncle. Hamlet began to descend into madness the minute his father’s ghost told him that he was murdered. Originally his mental state appears to be...
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...In the book, Hamlet, some of the characters show symptoms of having mental health disorders. In the story the king gets killed and Hamlet, his son, wants to get to the bottom of it. The king's ghost comes back to give Hamlet hint to how he was killed. Hamlet figures out it was his uncle that poisoned the old king so he is now the new king, Claudius. Claudius has married Hamlet's mother, Gertrude and took the throne. Claudius killed him by dropping poison in his ear. Hamlet then turns a little crazy and starts seeking revenge on his uncle. He starts acting weird and mistreating his girlfriend to bring suspicion to him by Claudius. He kills his love, Ophelia's father, in the process of seeking revenge. Ophelia then starts showing very depressed...
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...Chapter-1 | 3 | 2.1 | What is Ghost | 3 | 2.2 | Frequently Repetitive Ghost Character in Bengali Literature | 3 | 3 | Chapter-2 | 5 | 3.1 | The Impact of Ghost Story in Bengali Literature | 5 | 3.2 | Some Stories of Ghosts in The Context of Bangladesh | 7 | 3.2.1 | The Ghostly Footsteps | 7 | 3.2.2 | Shahin Er Golpo | 8 | 4 | Chapter-3 | 9 | 4.1 | The Impact of Ghost Story in Bengali Cinema | 9 | 5 | Conclusion | 10 | 6 | References | | Index Abstract: There are many cultures in the world. The most common part of every culture is stories, and we will find Ghost stories which is available in every culture. Our culture is Bengali culture. Ghost stories are the noticable part of our literature. Everyone of all age loves Ghost stories. Bengali Ghost stories are little different from other because of the culture, environment, religion and the way of life. Ghost stories have great effect on our film industry and drama. Ghosts are an important part of folklore in Bengal. Fairy tales, both old and new often use the concept of ghosts. In modern day Bengali literature as well, references to ghosts may be often found. 1. Introduction Ghost stories belong to the genre called horror literature, whose purpose is to scare the reader with situations that cause horror or fear. The most common technique is suspense, the slow insinuating of a doubt or of a frightening revelation, which keeps the reader interested. Ghosts are an important part of folklore in Bengal...
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...Rakiiya Hearst December 3, 2012 X155 Ghost Do Exist A ghost is generally understood to be the disembodied spirit or soul of a once-living person. I do believe ghost exist. I’ve had many experiences with ghosts and hearing others tell their experiences, just makes me believe even more. I also believe that ghosts are real because of the research me and my sister have been doing since I started believing. There was a time when I was a non-believer and didn’t think ghost existed. My youngest sister is so fascinated with ghosts and pseudoscience. We share rooms, so when she watches TV (SyFy and Paranormal shows/movies) I have no choice but to watch it. That’s how I became a believer. It’s almost as if once you watch it or read about ghosts, you start having thoughts and strange things began happening. I start seeing things out the corner of my eye or even hearing the floor creak when I was home alone and there was no wind blowing (when it’s windy outside sometimes the wood on my house will creak). Most people believe that’s your mind playing tricks on you. But I believe that once you start believing in ghost then they’ll try to reach out to you and get your attention. One time, I was at home with my friend and I left my phone upstairs, on the bathroom sink. I was actually getting ready to flat iron my hair, but I went downstairs with my friend to keep her company while the curlers was heating up. We were sitting on the couch watching Punk’d on MTV. All of a sudden, we...
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...midnight adventures have been, they are all fun and games until the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come shows up. This thing isn't even called a ghost any more—Dickens changes the terminology and starts referring to this super menacing cloaked figure as a "phantom." The text doesn't really explain this word change, but we're guessing it has something to do with the fact that the other two Christmas ghosts were a lot more human in their behaviour than this mutely pointing dude. The phantom's exit is a little more predictable than that of the other two ghosts. Sure, it's stressful when the thing disappears without telling Scrooge whether he'll get a do-over, but, hey, at least it's not birthing claw-footed babies in front him. It's the little things. Here is how the good-bye goes down: "Are these the shadows of the things that Will be, or are they shadows of things that May be, only? […] Why show me this, if I am past all hope! […] Assure me that I yet may change these shadows you have shown me, by an altered life!" […] In his agony, [Scrooge] caught the spectral hand. It sought to free itself, but he was strong in his entreaty, and detained it. The Spirit, stronger yet, repulsed him. Holding up his hands in a last prayer to have his fate reversed, he saw an alteration in the Phantom's hood and dress. It shrunk, collapsed, and dwindled down into a bedpost. (4.151-166) Scrooge has gone from fighting the ghosts off to trying desperately to hold onto them and not go back to his own...
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...In both the 2012 and 1948 films, characters have expressed irrational decisions and displayed very hectic scenes. After diving into the play, some characters display fear, but mostly show overall confidence and bravery throughout act 1 scene 5. During this scene, Hamlet and a few other guards wait for the Ghost of king Hamlet to appear. Once the Ghost presents itself, the guards stay back while Hamlet desperately chases after the ghost to get answers. In act 1, scene 5 of Shakespeare’s Hamlet, Hamlet's reaction to the story of his father's murder is meant to start Hamlets need for revenge. The ghost opens up to Hamlet and explains about his murder. King Hamlet's ghost reminds Hamlet “The serpent that did sting thy father's life now wears...
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...to teach him a lesson. The spirits are determined to convince Scrooge to start being more compassionate and less miserly. With each ghost coming into his has has bad impacts and good impacts through each visit of a ghost. The ghost is the one that has the biggest influence on him because he shows the man what is going to happen and shows him his own grave, and also showed the family of the little boy who was gone die then after the ghost leaves the man changed and became happy. I think that ghost of the future because he showed him the family with the little boy who was sick and tells him that because of his actions the boy will die. I feel this ghost has a bigger impact because he changes him and gets him into the Christmas spirit. Although he doesn't understand why each ghost comes at first he begins to realize the reasons of what he has done and how he has treated people so therefore he begins...
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...The Autograph of Mirkhai By Humayun Ahmed Translated by Soheed Sorwar Nitu’s eldest uncle Zahedur Rahman is Headmaster of Nilganj High School. Nitu likes him very much. He is not like other headmasters, does not ask lessons, does not look grave, does not get annoyed if someone laughs a little. He tells stories if you ask. Those are beautiful stories, but Nitu knows, all these are made up. Nitu does not like made up stories. She wants to hear real stories. Nitu loves to hear stories, but she gives her condition, it must be true story. Today, Nitu’s uncle, Zahedur Rahman has started a ghost story. He has a bowl of puffed rice in front. Tea in a large cup. He is taking puffed rice and giving sip to the tea. Nitu is lying in front of him. She is holding her head on two hands and looking sharply at his uncle, is he telling a true story or a made up one. She will not listen to made up stories. She is not very old. She is in class three. But she is very intelligent. She can easily find truth and false in stories. The other day their house maid was telling her a story- ‘Once there lived a tiger. He was fatigued at the chill of January. ‘He went to a cloth shop and said, dear bro, give me a warm shawl, I’m suffering in the chill...’ Nitu rebuked the housemaid. She said firmly, ‘Haven’t I told you not to say made up stories? It’s a made up story.’ The maid said, ‘Which part is made up?’ ‘Can a tiger talk? Can it go out shopping?’ ‘What you say...
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...not that Hamlet is Shakespeare's greatest tragedy or most perfect work of art; it was that Hamlet most brings home to us at once the sense of the soul's infinity, and the sense of the doom which not only circumscribes that infinity but appears to be its offspring”. The layers of Hamlet seem endless. Even after more than four hundred years of critical debates, there is no consensus about the play. Interestingly, Hamlet begins with a question and it remains infinitely open to interpretation. It is therefore a play of mystery. One of the central concerns of the play is the nature and the role of the Ghost who takes the form of Hamlet’s dead father. In order to understand it, we firstly ought to consider the theatrical impact of ghosts and spirits on Shakespeare’s audience. Ghosts in Shakespeare’s Time Shakespeare’s contemporaries believed in ghosts. Apparitions were either closely linked with the Devil’s power and Hell’s dominion on Earth, or with the spirit of God, being its representations usually in the shape of angels. Thereforeghosts were not universally dreaded. Shakespeare understood that he needed to create interest in the audience from the very first scene of the play. That is why he is teasing the...
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...would fall in love with my niece and marry her… then I could die in peace. Narrator: As it happens, the old woman did chores for a comadre who had a rooming house. Among her tenants there was a seemingly rich merchant who one day said: Rich Merchant: I would like to get married. If I could find a niece quiet girl who knew to keep the house tidy, and to be a good wife and mother to our children when they came. (As the old lady heard the rich merchant, her eyes opened and began to smile and scheme to her mind, for she could imagine her niece married to the niece gentleman.) (The old lady told something to the merchant) Old Lady: You could find all that you are looking for in my niece, who is a jewel, a piece of gold, and so gifted that she could even catch birds while they were flying. (The gentleman became interested) Rich Merchant (Gentleman): Hmmmm… I would like to meet your niece, may I go to your house tomorrow? Old Woman: Why yes of course! I’ll tell my niece to be ready for your arrival. (The old woman ran home as fast as she could, she appeared to be flying. When she got home all out of breath, she called her niece.) Old Lady: My lovely niece! Old Lady: Straighten up the house and get yourself ready for tomorrow. We will have a gentleman who would like to meet you! Be sure to comb...
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...In this world, there are many strange things that can be too much for the human eye. We wonder in our heads why and how do these happen and demand for an explanation. The experience of paranormal phenomena has been a source of curiosity for as long as man has existed. Stories of ghosts, demons, and mythical beasts are filled through American folklore and are based on facts. Even though it is hard to explain the unnatural and look for a logical explanation, science just simply cannot explain why and how these things happen. In the article, “Do Paranormal Even Exist“, even Dr. Josephson concedes, “It would have to be something we have not identified in physical experiments. I think if we can get some sort of model, then people then may start...
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...education and Analysis paralysis When his father's ghost came to him and told him to avenge his murder, Hamlet was eager to take immediate action. However before seeking revenge he needs to know if the ghost is telling the truth about his murder. Hamlet feels that if the ghost isn't telling the truth and he acts, he too will become a murderer. In order to determine if Claudius is truly guilty, Hamlet produces a play in which the plot...
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