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A mote it is to trouble the mind’s eye. In the most high and palmy state of Rome, A little ere the mightiest Julius fell, The graves stood tenantless and the sheeted dead. 115 Did squeak and gibber in the Roman streets. As stars with trains of fire and dews of blood, Disasters in the sun, and the moist star.
Translation. Two watchmen, BARNARDO and FRANCISCO, enter. BARNARDO. Who’s there? BARNARDO. Who’s there? FRANCISCO. Nay, answer me. Stand and unfold yourself. FRANCISCO. No, you answer me. Stop and reveal yourself.
Next: Hamlet, Act 1, Scene 2 Explanatory Notes for Act 1, Scene 1 From Hamlet, prince of Denmark.Ed. K. Deighton. London: Macmillan. Stage Direction.Elsinore, the modern Helsingor, a seaport on the north-east coast of Denmark, to the north-west of Copenhagen: A platform before the castle, a terrace in front of the castle, up and down which the sentinels patrolled.
On a dark winter night outside Elsinore Castle in Denmark, an officer named Bernardo comes to relieve the watchman Francisco. In the heavy darkness, the men cannot see each other. Bernardo hears a footstep near him and cries, “Who’s there?” After both men ensure that the other is also a watchman, they relax.
From the very opening moments of the play, Shakespeare establishes an atmosphere of fear, distrust, and apprehension. It is clear that the nightly watch has become a fearsome endeavor, and that something—or someone—is frightening the very men charged with keeping Elsinore secure.
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.
The first scene of Hamlet takes place along the outer walls of Elsinore, Denmark. Horatio, friend of Hamlet and fellow student, accompanies the guards Bernardo and Marcellus on watch to check ...
