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... In Shakespeare’s day, religion was the premier explainer of the unknown, while science was just beginning to claw away at religion’s dominance. ... Shakespeare’s culture of Elizabethan England was no different. This is clearly evident in many of Shakespeare’s plays, from the spirit of Hamlet’s father, to the witches foretelling the future to Macbeth. But how much impact to these supernatural and unnatural aspects have on the course of their respective plays? Specifically focused on Hamlet, one could argue that the whole plot hinges on the supernatural spirit of Hamlet’s father telling his son of his unnatural murder. Thus, the action of Hamlet is dependent upon influence of the unnatural and supernatural.
To examine this point further, let us take the scene where the ghost of Hamlet’s father reveals to his son his unnatural murder. The supernatural ghost’s first long-winded declaration mentions many words that are disturbing to the audience, and gives them the feeling that unnatural deeds are working their magic in the background. Words such as “doom’d”, “foul”, “eternal”, “blood” and “purg’d” all have unnatural and evil connotations to them, especially when spoken by a ghost!
Next, the ghost blatantly says:
If thou didst ever thy dear father love
Revenge his foul and most unnatural murder. ... 27,29)
With these two lines, the ghost introduces many aspects of the unnatural and supernatural that can be all tied together. ...
Revenge is an aspect of human nature that is entirely evil and unnatural. ... So, now that the ghost is encouraging Hamlet to revenge his father’s death, we have a whole plot that is built on sinfulness and future unnatural acts.
Approximate Word count = 1391
Approximate Pages = 5.6
(250 words per page double spaced)
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