Hamlet's certainty

Act 1, scene 4 in the play “Hamlet” is recognized like the only scene in which Hamlet is sure about his actions to follow the ghost. As we know Hamlet is still in mourning for his father, so his certain reaction could be evidence that he misses his father. Hamlet is lost in the assuming of what could actually happen to his father. He does not believe that his father died accidentally; therefore, the appearance of his father’s ghost may lead him to find the truth. In the line 45 Hamlet says: “King, father, royal Dane. O, answer me!” Hamlet is convinced that the ghost is his father. Hamlet is seeking for the answers to his questions, and the ghost is the one who can give them to Hamlet.

The other reason could be Hamlet’s contradictoriness because of his youth. In lines 63 and 64: “But do not go with it…No, by no means.”, Horatio and Marcellus are trying to convince Hamlet not to follow the ghost. However, Hamlet still follows him. It could be that Hamlet just goes against the words of his friends. He does not want to follow anybody’s orders, so he does what he is told in total reverse.