Do you think that the ghost in Hamlet is a good spirit or bad omen ,evil ?

Question:I think it is evil ,because look what happened at the end; 8 people died .

But he is also fair to Gertrude ,he did not want Hamlet to hurt her .

So what do you think ?

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: I think it is evil ,because look what happened at the end; 8 people died .

But he is also fair to Gertrude ,he did not want Hamlet to hurt her .

So what do you think ?

The ghost is not a ghost but a soul/spirit from purgatory where he suffers torment to work out the punishment for sins he committed while on earth. If he is permitted to leave purgatory, it could only be by the permission of God and therefore it could not be for an evil purpose as God would not permit this and, further, all souls in purgatory are "saved". He requires revenge for his murder and this, too, has to be with God's permission and thus laudable.

you do know the ghost is hamlet's father right? I think he is good for the most part, but he is also a bad omen to what happens to hamlet

He was a good king, a good husband and a good father.
Hamlet loved him. His presence as the ghost is the catalyst of the play

The ghost is what people in that time would call an "unquiet spirit." He is neither good not evil, just restless. People explicitly believed in ghosts in those days. Hamlet's father's ghost is unquiet because in life he was murdered by his brother, who then married Gertrude and usurped the throne. Tortured as he is by his brother's treachery, the spirit cannot find its eternal rest until the sin against him is avenged,