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Hamlet Act I, Scene i Summary. Back. More. Long ago in a kingdom far away—specifically, in Elsinore, Denmark —some guys named Bernardo and Francisco are hanging out on the castle battlements. Francisco is done with his shift and gets ready to head out. Marcellus, yet another watchman, shows up with a man named Horatio.
POLONIUS. Marry, sir, here’s my drift: (And I believe it is a fetch of wit) 40 You, laying these slight sullies on my son. As ’twere a thing a little soiled i' th' working—. Mark you, your party in converse, him you would sound, Having ever seen in the prenominate crimes. The youth you breathe of guilty, be assured.
Jan 1, 2023 · Horatio, whose doubts about the reality of the Ghost are now wiped away, says "it harrows me with fear and wonder" (1.1.44). Marcellus and Barnardo want Horatio to speak to the Ghost, and Horatio tries, asking the Ghost what it is, but the Ghost disappears. Then the men try to figure out why the Ghost has appeared.
Act 1, Scene 1. One night at the Danish castle of Elsinore, a soldier named Barnardo relieves Francisco—a fellow soldier—from his watch duties. Another soldier, Marcellus, and a nobleman named Horatio also arrive, and the group talks about rumors of a ghost. Horatio is skeptical, but then the ghost appears wearing the clothes of the late ...
Jun 2, 2020 · Act 1, scene 5. ⌜ Scene 5 ⌝. Synopsis: The Ghost tells Hamlet a tale of horror. Saying that he is the spirit of Hamlet’s father, he demands that Hamlet avenge King Hamlet’s murder at the hands of Claudius. Hamlet, horrified, vows to “remember” and swears his friends to secrecy about what they have seen. Enter Ghost and Hamlet.
Hamlet Summary. The ghost of the King of Denmark tells his son Hamlet to avenge his murder by killing the new king, Hamlet's uncle. Hamlet feigns madness, contemplates life and death, and seeks revenge. His uncle, fearing for his life, also devises plots to kill Hamlet. The play ends with a duel, during which the King, Queen, Hamlet's opponent ...
Jun 2, 2020 · Act 1, scene 3. Scene 3 . Synopsis: In Polonius’s chambers, Laertes says good-bye to his sister, Ophelia, and tells her not to trust Hamlet’s promises of love. Polonius joins them, sends Laertes off, then echoes Laertes’s warnings to Ophelia, finally ordering her not to see Hamlet again. Enter Laertes and Ophelia, his sister.
