WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: Hamlet Read the extract and answer the question Do not forget: this visitation Is but to what thy almost blunted purpose But, look, ama...

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: Hamlet

Read the extract and answer the question

Do not forget: this visitation
Is but to what thy almost blunted purpose
But, look, amazement as thy mother sits:
O, step between her and her fighting soul:
(Act 111, scene four, lines 107 -110)

The speaker is

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The speaker is the Ghost. In this passage, the Ghost is reminding Hamlet about his purpose for revenge and urging him to focus on it. The Ghost then directs Hamlet's attention to his mother's distress, asking him to intervene and prevent her from feeling guilty.