Ghosts and life after death
By Bishop Arthur Serratelli Bishop Arthur Joseph Serratelli One of the most famous figures of all English literature is the ghost of Hamlet’s father. Three times he appears in Shakespeare’s play The Tragedy of Hamlet , Prince of Denmark . He demands that his son settle accounts with his uncle who murdered the dead king. In Shakespeare’s Macbeth , Julius Caesar and Richard III , ghosts also appear. From the 3rd century B.C. Epic of Gilgamesh through Homer, Virgil, Ovid, Shakespeare and Dickens, ghosts populated the pages of literature. They have appeared in films and even starred in their own TV show, Ghost Hunters . Are ghosts merely fictional? Do they really exist? First Lady Grace Coolidge said that she saw Abraham Lincoln’s ghost looking out the window of the Oval Office. Many others have, likewise, reported sightings of the ghost of our 16th President at the White House. Among those claiming to hav...