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- Two watchmen, BARNARDO and FRANCISCO, enter.
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Shortly thereafter, Bernardo is joined by Marcellus, another watchman, and Horatio, a friend of Prince Hamlet. Bernardo and Marcellus have urged Horatio to stand watch with them, because they believe they have something shocking to show him.
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- Act I: Scene II
Summary: Act I, scene ii. The morning after Horatio and the...
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As Barnardo approaches Francisco in the dark, both men are suspicious of one another, even though Francisco assures Barnardo his watch has been uneventful. As Francisco prepares to leave and go to bed, Barnardo urges him to tell Marcellus, another sentinel, and Horatio, a nobleman, to join him at his post.
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.
Jun 2, 2020 · Act 1, scene 1. Scene 1 . 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.
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.
Act I, Scene 1. The play opens at midnight in Denmark as two sentries, Francisco and Barnardo, stand guard over Elsinore Castle. Barnardo has come to relieve Francisco of his watch, but they ...
Well, sit we down, 40 And let us hear Barnardo speak of this. Sure, let’s sit down and listen to Barnardo tell us about it. Last night of all, When yond same star that’s westward from the pole Had made his course t’ illume that part of heaven Where now it burns, Marcellus and myself, 45 The bell then beating one—.
