Friday, March 28, 2014

Ghosts That We Knew - Mumford and Sons

This song is directly related to the first act of the play and the relationship between Hamlet and the Ghost. This song narrates the how a man knows ghost and the ghost even if he know that he is suffering from a frozen heart and a life full of pain preaches that he will see light and see a long life. The ghost tells  the character about all of the difficulties that he went through and how they should not pose a problem to someone like him. 
 The character just as Hamlet is shown deeply in love and victim of a recent betrayal. The ghost is also similar to King Hamlet because they both express themselves in a few words and try to leave a deep philosophical message that justifies their actions. Both ghosts are also similar because they are reminiscent of the character's past and how in many ways it has shaped the future of a whole community. The song reflects how our past torments us,  when Hamlet finds out his uncle killed his father, he goes mad,  something that happened in the past,  it's going  to affect everyone in that family.

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