Ghost
from Hamlet
by William Shakespeare
Monologue Text
I am thy father's spirit, doom'd for a certain term to walk the night, and for the day confin'd to fast in fires, till the foul crimes done in my days of nature are burnt and purg'd away. But that I am forbid to tell the secrets of my prison-house,…
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Copyright Status
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Copyright and Performance Guidelines Statement
This work is public domain.
Author(s)
Character Name
Ghost
Source Title
Hamlet
Source Type
PLAY
Act / Scene
Act 1, Scene 5
Setting
Elsinore. A guard-platform of the castle.
Period
CLASSICAL
Publishing Status
PUBLISHED PIECE
Content Rating
SUITABLE FOR ALL AGES
Era
ELIZABETHAN
Monologue Type
DRAMATIC
Gender
MALE (MASCULINE)
Age Range
40s - LATE
50s
60s
70+
Race / Ethnicity
CAUCASIAN
Dialect
STANDARD ENGLISH
STANDARD AMERICAN
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