Rob Simack Dr. Reilly Engl 425 Question: Does Hamlet fabricate the conversation with the ghost? Conversations with Oneself In Shakespeare's Hamlet, madness, along with revenge, is a central theme. Hamlet is driven to destroy his uncle in order to exact vengeance for the murder of his father. However, there is ample evidence that the murder may have never happened, and Hamlet’s sole evidence, the conversation with the ghost, may have been created from one of …showed first 75 words of 2838 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2838 total…auditory hallucinations as well as temporary psychosis, which might cause him to obsess about killing Claudius. Bibliography Works Cited Lavater, Lewes, 1572. Of Ghosts and Spirits. Website: , 1997-99. Pasquini, F. and Cole, M. (1997): Idiopathic musical hallucinations in the elderly. Journal of geriatric psychiatry and neurology. Vol. 10; January, pp11-13. as quoted in the Website: Slade, P. and Bentall, R. (1988) Sensory deception: A scientific analysis of hallucination., Johns Hopkins University Press, pg 23. as quoted in the Website: