Hamlet is seeking more information about the ghost of his father and how he has come to be existing on Earth. He soon has the opportunity to see and talk to the ghost to find out more information about how he was killed. As seen in previous situations, Hamlet seems to be the most inquisitive character in the play. He asks many questions in order to obtain a lot of information about a subject he finds interesting and important to him.
When Hamlet begins to talk to the ghost of his father, he discovers more than he planned for, the murderer:
" But you know, thou noble youth,
The serpent that did sting thy father's life
Now wears his crown." (Shakespeare 59)
After learning of this information, Hamlet no longer is focused on the ghost of his father, but is bent on revenge and regaining his father's throne and wife that was unrightfully stolen from him. Although Hamlet seems unnaturally and overly concerned with his mother's marriage and "incestuous sheets", his father has the same concern. His biggest problem was not that fact that he was murdered, did not get to repent his sins and is condemned to a suffering time to roam on earth, or that his throne was stolen right from under him; He is more concerned with the fact that his wife remarried, and quite quickly. Although he seems angry and disturbed, he still considers his wife innocent, and believes she should only judged in the eyes of God. He seems to believe this because his wife was not involved nor responsible for his murder, and could have been tricked into marriage. Because he loves her, he gives her the benefit of the doubt.
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