Hamlet Scenes 1 and 2

In the first scene, Marcellus and Bernardo try to make Horatio believe them that a ghost visits them. When Horatio finally sees the ghost, he notes that it resembles the king. The three keep asking the ghost what it wants or who it is but it never speaks. Right as the ghost is about to speak, the rooster crows and the ghost disappears. The three decide to tell young Hamlet about their sighting because they feel the ghost will talk to him. I don't understand why Shakespeare puts a ghost in the play. It questions what people believe in and what they see. If he was trying to make the play practical or realistic, the ghost doesn't help. In scene two, King Claudius is thanking the people for helping with brother's funeral and with his own wedding. When he leaves, Marcellus, Bernardo, and Horatio tell Hamlet about the ghost that resembles his father. Hamlet, of course, is incredibly curious about the ghost and insists on gong to see it. I can not even imagine how Hamlet feels at this point. His father has died and his mother marrying his father's far inferior brother and then he finds out that he will not be able to return to school. 

Personally, I don’t understand how Hamlet’s mother was able to get over her husbands death so quickly. Not only that but remarry to his brother. It’s no wonder that Hamlet feels the way he does. When Marcellus, Bernardo, and Horatio come to bring Hamlet the news of his father’s ghost, Hamlet is stunned. He agrees to go with the three of them in the hopes that he will be able to speak to the spirit. I would think that Hamlet has a mixture of feeling to learn about his fathers ghost. He would probably be happy that he would get to see his father in a way. At the same time, He also is probably a little cautious because he doesn’t know what the ghost wants, why it’s there, or if it has important news.