How+important+is+the+Ghost+in+the+triangular+relationship+of+Hamlet,+Gertrude,+and+Claudius?

The ghost in Hamlet is a character who does not appear many times in the play. Yet, through his appearances one could see the great importance of him in the play. The ghost is the father of Hamlet who has just been murdered. The ghost comes back after his death to his kingdom looking for his son. The ghost wants to avenge his death by telling his son of his murdering. Because of the ghost's appearence and mentioning of his death, this gives out the main point of the whole play. The play would not have no meaning if the there was no ghost who came back from the dead. In my opinion, the Ghost does exist because at the beginning of the play, Horatio, Marcellus, and Bernardo saw the Ghost for the first time even before Hamlet knew about it. "//Hor//- Let us impart what we have seen tonight until young Hamlet; for, upon my life, this spirit, dumb to us, will speak to him. Do you consent we shall acquaint him with it, as needful in our loves, fitting our duty"(7,Act I. SC. I). In other words they see the Ghost first and then Hamlet starts to. The ghost's appearance is something natural that occurs in the story and is not just an imagination. Hamlet and the rest see the ghost because they were the ones who were loyal to the kingdom and close friends of Hamlet. In our opinion, the Ghost to us is evil because Hamlet is the only one that could see it and talk to it. Also, it seems that the Ghost wants Hamlet to do the evil deed of revenging him. "//Ghost-// Do not forget. This visitation is but to whet thy almost blunted purpose. But look, amazement on thy mother sits. O, step between her and her fighting soul! Conceit in weakest bodies strongest works. Speak to her, Hamlet" (91. Act III. SC. IV). Yet, the ghost in a way could be seen as a good ghost after his appearance in the room of Hamlet's mother. The ghost appears to tell Hamlet to not harm his mother for she is innocent. Hamlet's madness is cause after the appearance of the ghost because trough out the play people start noticing Hamlet changing. His madness was caused after he found out about the truth of his father's death. Since Hamlet was proposed to avenge his father's death by the ghost, he has now gone mad in figuring out how to kill Claudius his uncle.
 * 1. How important is the Ghost in the triangular relationship of Hamlet, Gertrude, and Claudius?**
 * The ghost in //Hamlet// is the key to the whole play.
 * The relationship between Hamlet and the Ghost, is that the Ghost is Hamlet's father and the Ghost is using Hamlet to get revenge from his brother, Cladius. "//Ghost//-Revenge his foul and most unnatural murder. //Ham//- Murder?... Haste me to know't, that I, with wings as swift as meditation or the thoughts of love, may sweep to my revenge. //Ghost//- 'Tis given out that, sleeping in my orchard, A serpent stung me; so the whole ear of Denmark is by a forged process of my death rankly abused; but know, thou noble youth, the serpent that did sting thy father's life, now wears his crown" (27, Act I. SC.V).
 * The relationship between Gertrude and Hamlet is that Gertrude is Hamlet's mother. This relatonship is important because Claudius seduced her right after Kind Hamlet died. When Hamlet found out what happened to his father, Hamlet described her as a whore, "(Play) //Queen//- The instances that second marriage more are base respects of thrift, but none of love. A second time I kill my husband dead when second husband kisses me in bed" (75, Act III. SC. II).
 * The relationship between Claudius and Hamlet is that they are brothers. Claudius killed his own brother to take over the kingdom and his brother's wife. Now that he knows about the truth, Claudius fears Hamlet. Also, their relationship is the worst because at the beginning of the play, you can notice how Hamlet acts towards Claudius. Hamlet has a sense of distrust towards Claudius.
 * 2. How would the story have unfolded with the absence of the ghost?**
 * 3. Does the ghost really exist or is it a figment of Hamlet's imaginiation?**
 * 4. Is the ghost good or evil?**
 * 5. Is Hamlet's madness caused by the ghost or is it the ghost caused by Hamlet's madness?**