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The ghost in Hamlet vanishes at:
ACockcrow
BSunset
CThe chiming of midnight
DFirst snow
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Cockcrow
1. The text references the cockcrow as the spirit's vanishing-cue.
2. This follows medieval-Christian lore about night-spirits and dawn.
3. The detail is dramatically used in the dawn shift of Scene II.
_Source: Project Gutenberg #1524 — Shakespeare's Hamlet — "It vanishes at cockcrow, following traditional supernatural lore"_
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