Question

What does the ghost instruct hamlet to do concerning hamlet's mother

Answer 1

To leave his mother alone

Answer 2

Answer:

The ghost told Hamlet to revenge his death but not do any harm to his mother.

Explanation:

William Shakespeare's "Hamlet" is a revenge tragedy where the prince was asked by the ghost of his father to avenge his murder.

Hamlet's father had been killed by his own brother Claudius who is now king. He also married the wife of the previous king, Gertrude. Hamlet's father, the ghost, told his story to his son and asked him to take revenge for the unlawful act of killing and also desecrating his bed. However, he should not harm his mother, Queen Gertrude. For it is not in his place to revenge her nor will it happen. For heaven will take care of it.

"Taint not thy mind, nor let thy soul contrive

Against thy mother aught: leave her to heaven

And to those thorns that in her bosom lodge,

To pri ck and sting her" (Act I scene V).