King Hamlet

King Hamlet is a character from William Shakespeare's play Hamlet, also known as The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark. He should not be confused with his son, Prince Hamlet, who is the central figure of the play. In the stage directions, King Hamlet is referred to as "Ghost of Hamlet's father", or simply "Ghost." He is loosely based on a legend Jut chieftain, named Horwendill, who appears in Chronicon Lethrense and in Saxo Grammaticus' Gesta Danorum. King Hamlet appears as a Ghost four times in the play: in Act 1 Scene 1, Act 1 Scene 4, Act 1 Scene 5,and Act 3 Scene 4. Each time, he strikes terror in the hearts of the others in the scene. The ghost arrives at midnight in at least two of the scenes, and in the other scene all that is known is that it is night. He appears first to a trio of soldiers—Barnardo, Francisco, and Marcellus—and a visitor to Denmark, Horatio. The men draw their swords and stand in fear, requesting that Horatio, as a scholar, address the ghost. Horatio... full article at wikipedia