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Horatio suggests that they tell Prince Hamlet, the dead king’s son, about the apparition. He believes that though the ghost did not speak to him, if it is really the ghost of King Hamlet, it will not refuse to speak to his beloved son. Read a translation of Act I, scene i.
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Jun 2, 2020 · Synopsis: On the guards’ platform at Elsinore, Horatio waits with Barnardo and Marcellus to question a ghost that has twice before appeared. The Ghost, in the form of the late King Hamlet of Denmark, appears but will not speak. Horatio decides to tell his fellow student, Prince Hamlet, about the Ghost’s appearance.
Jan 1, 2023 · Tonight Marcellus and Barnardo have brought along Horatio, who is an educated gentleman, to see the ghost, too. They don't want to think that they are merely seeing things, but that is just what Horatio thinks; Marcellus says, "Horatio says 'tis but our fantasy" (1.1.23).
Horatio says ’tis but our fantasy And will not let belief take hold of him Touching this dreaded sight twice seen of us. 30 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.
Jun 2, 2020 · Horatio, Barnardo, and Marcellus arrive and tell Hamlet about the Ghost. Hamlet makes plans to join them that night.
Read Hamlet's first scene in modern English with SparkNotes' No Fear Shakespeare. Compare the original text and the translation side by side.
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In response, the ghost motions for Hamlet to follow it. Though Marcellus and Horatio urge Hamlet not to go with the ghost, Hamlet says he will follow it—he doesn’t value his life in the first place, he says, and thus has nothing to lose. This passage introduces Hamlet’s seemingly suicidal bent.
