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When the ghost tells Hamlet that Claudius murdered him, Hamlet cries out, “O my prophetic soul!”Why?What does the ghost demand of Hamlet?

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O my prophetic soul!” he cries (I.v.40). The ghost exhorts Hamlet to seek revenge, telling him that Claudius has corrupted Denmark and corrupted Gertrude, having taken her from the pure love of her first marriage and seduced her in the foul lust of their incestuous union.

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