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Shakespeare made ample use of ghosts, ghouls, and witches in his plays. Halloween is a perfect time to look at the spooks in his works!
At its worst, Halloween can become a dangerous dalliance with the demonic or a morbid manifestation of the macabre. At its best, it’s a fun trick-or-treating time for families to meet their neighbors for an evening candy-fest. Either way, it’s a time when people tend to think about the supernatural, for better or worse. At this time of year, therefore, it might be good to speak of the spooks that haunt the works of Shakespeare.
There are two types of spooks who make an appearance in Shakespeare’s plays. There are ghosts, who are sometimes good and even holy, and there are demons, who are out to work their wickedness on wayward souls.
(View the Photo Gallery at the end of this article to see "Ghosts, ghouls, and demons in Shakespeare.")
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At its worst, Halloween can become a dangerous dalliance with the demonic or a morbid manifestation of the macabre. At its best, it’s a fun trick-or-treating time for families to meet their neighbors for an evening candy-fest. Either way, it’s a time when people tend to think about the supernatural, for better or worse. At this time of year, therefore, it might be good to speak of the spooks that haunt the works of Shakespeare.
There are two types of spooks who make an appearance in Shakespeare’s plays. There are ghosts, who are sometimes good and even holy, and there are demons, who are out to work their wickedness on wayward souls.
(View the Photo Gallery at the end of this article to see "Ghosts, ghouls, and demons in Shakespeare.")
A ghost from purgatory
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Haunted by Shakespeare’s ghosts and ghouls (Photos)
Shakespeare made ample use of ghosts, ghouls, and witches in his plays. Halloween is a perfect time to look at the spooks in his works!
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