hamlet

In Shakespeare's Hamlet, the ghost of Old Hamlet serves as a tool to bring out the paranoia and vengeance in Hamlet, without letting the audience know if he is right or wrong to do so.
The first time the ghost of Old Hamlet appears, the audience just assumes that what Hamlet is seeing is true, because there is no evidence otherwise. Without any second-guessing, Hamlet begins to form his revenge against his Uncle, and the audience is almost forced to agree with him.
As the story goes on, the audience is able to gather more evidence about whether or not the ghost is a sign of Hamlet going insane, or a real apparition. When Hamlet tells his mother, Gertrude, to look at his father's ghost, she sees nothing. This is the incident that puts a question in the audience's mind regarding the reality of the ghost. As other happenings similar to this occur, the question gains more uncertainty.
Whether or not the ghost of Old Hamlet was all in Hamlet's head, or a real omen, it aided as a reminder to not believe in Hamlet's actions soley because he was the protagonist.

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In both passages it is aknowleged that acts of sin are being committed, but the attidudes regarding both differ in that one is glorifying the wrongdoing, while the other only continues to escalate into confusion and anger.
The first passage explains sinning as a triumph for the character. The third person view emphasizes the excitement in the tone by using another point of view that agrees with that of the character's. The speaker also clarifies that the acts the character was committing was actually sinning by delving further into the meaning, such as lines 4-6. The sinning is justified in the last paragaph, lines 9-11, by turning an example of something bad into something understandable and acceptable.
In the second passage, the point of view is first person, which allows for more contemplation. The speaker questions sin and debates between whether they are to blame or not. As the passage goes on, the reader becomes more and more upset with the sinning, in an almost paranoid way. The attitude expressed is very regretful.
Both passages contain different outlooks on the act of sinning. The attitudes contrast through point of view and tone.