The ghost was evil. The ghost did not reappear after Hamlet murdered Polonius and he left Hamlet to suffer alone. He offered no guidance again or merely comforted the orders to murder Claudius. If the ghost was actually his father, he would try to help him. His actions caused a series of actions throughout Hamlet that led to a series of deaths including his own and to the great tragedy that is Hamlet. He was just a puppeteer holding Hamlet's strings and putting his evil deeds into play. Works Cited Miles 4Shakespeare, William, 1554-1616, “Hamlet” The Norton Introduction to Literature, edited by Kelly J. Mays, portable 12th ed., WW Norton 2017 pp.1101-1210.John Mullan “Ghosts in Shakespeare”, Web March 15, 2016 < https://www.bl.uk/shakespeare/articles/ghosts-in-shakespeare > O'Connor '06, Bridget, ""Spirit of Health" and "Goblin Damned": The Ghost of King Hamlet as a symbol of the religious atmosphere in England during the Religious Reformation” (2006 Distinction Projects Article 5. < https://digitalcommons.iwu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=&httpsredir=1&article=1001 &context). =eng_honproj >Joseph, Miriam, December 1961., “Discerning the Ghost in Hamlet” PMLA, Vol 76, no 5,