Hammy Act I Scenes 1-2

          Between these to scenes there were two different things that stood out to me. First, at the beginning of Hamlet, it opens with the guards, Bernardo, Francisco, Marcellus and Hamlet's friend Horatio discussing the ghost that they have seen for the past two nights. What I do not understand is why they were so fascinated with ghosts. We talked about how when Shakespeare was writing his plays ghosts were something that people were into and the only true question was whether it was a good ghost or a bad ghost. I personally think this is funny because to me I do not personally care about which kind of ghost it is I would just prefer to stay away regardless. I truly do wonder though why Shakespeare chose to add the ghost of Hamlet's father in the play especially if he is not going to talk and why he only appears for the guards and Horatio but not for Hamlet? What significance does the ghost bring to the story as a whole and does he truly add any value? Maybe we will find out or maybe not but I really am curious. 
          Second, I don't understand why Hamlet's uncle is as harsh as he is when it comes to Hamlet grieving his father's death. I would think that the uncle would want Hamlet to grieve for as long as needed so that the uncle wouldn't look as suspicious as he does. What's even crazier to me is his mother acting the same way. She out of all people should want him to take all of the time necessary to recover from his father's death as she should be right there grieving alongside him. Instead, she is telling him that he needs to learn to get over it and stay home with her, away from school. I just can not get over how quickly his mother and Claudius got married! That just screams "I murdered him! Yay Claudius let's get married". Ew. 
          Lastly, the idea that suicide is "illegal" confuses me because how do you punish someone who is dead? If I understood correctly they will do something to your corpse but what do you really care if you are dead? I don't know it all just seems strange to me and I am happy to be living in 2020. :)