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What is Hamlet's father's name?

Question #70966. Asked by bluedevil_1.
Last updated May 28 2021.

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malarson
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malarson
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Answer has 1 vote.
He's never given a name. He's just referred to as the "Ghost."

Sep 24 2006, 8:18 PM
cub3d
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cub3d

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Hamlet's father's name is Hamlet, that's why in the play he's referred to as King Hamlet.

It's kind of like King Henry, King Henry II, King Henry III, etc.

Aug 17 2009, 5:49 AM
queproblema
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queproblema
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Answer has 22 votes.

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His father was also named Hamlet.

"Though yet of Hamlet our dear brother's death
The memory be green," -Act I, Scene 2

link https://shakespeare-navigators.com/hamlet/Ghost.html

Response last updated by gtho4 on May 28 2021.
Aug 17 2009, 2:15 PM
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