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MARCELLUS. Horatio says it’s all our imagination, and he won’t let himself believe in this awful thing we’ve now seen twice. I asked him to join us in our guard duty tonight, so that if the ghost appears he can confirm what we see and speak to it.
- Act 1, Scene 3
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- Act 1, Scene 3
Hamlet tells Horatio and Marcellus not to ask him any more about what the ghost said—and not to tell anyone in Denmark about what they’ve seen the last several nights. Both men swear their secrecy.
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.
Horatio is our harbinger of truth. It is through Horatio that the actions taken by Hamlet and other characters gain credibility. He is the outside observer to the madness. Hamlet could soliloquize to no end, but it is his conversations with Horatio that ground the play in reality. Horatio believes Hamlet and thus we have permission to believe.
Jan 1, 2023 · 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. Marcellus thinks it must have something to do with the preparations for war that are going on in Denmark.
Horatio and Marcellus are very suspicious of the Ghost, and fear that instead of actually being the ghost of Hamlet 's father, it may be some devil or sprite that seeks to trick...
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