Hamlet and the Ghost.....A Father-Son Moment

Typically when one thinks of the first interaction between Hamlet and his dead father, one tends to believe that the scene is governed by the surreal and supernatural. The fact that Hamlet is talking to a "ghost" is more prominent than the fact that this "ghost" is indeed his father. Therefore Ryan and I attempted to, essentially, reclaim the father-son moment that Act 1-Scene 5 truly is. The caring father witnesses the sorrow, pain, and anger in his beloved son, and attempts to assuage his need for vengeance. While Hamlet, betrayed and hurt by all others, looks nostalgically towards the "ghost" of his father, weeping from both sorrow and anger as he hears the injustice that he has suffered at the hands of King Claudius.  Ryan and I believe that in this sense, Scene 5 becomes a much more powerful and pivotal moment in the characterization of both Hamlet and his father.