Both Uses of
apparition
in
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
- Horatio says 'tis but our fantasy, And will not let belief take hold of him Touching this dreaded sight, twice seen of us: Therefore I have entreated him along With us to watch the minutes of this night; That, if again this apparition come He may approve our eyes and speak to it.†
Scene 1.1
- This to me In dreadful secrecy impart they did; And I with them the third night kept the watch: Where, as they had deliver'd, both in time, Form of the thing, each word made true and good, The apparition comes: I knew your father; These hands are not more like.†
Scene 1.2 *
Definition:
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(apparition as in: a headless apparition) a ghostlike figure or its appearance