- Four guards in total are taking shifts at the castle of Elisnore
- Francisco is the first guard to appear and has guarded the platform since the striking of midnight
- Bernardo enters the scene to take on the night shift, while at the same time Horatio and Marcellus march in
- The characters mention their ethnicity to be Danes, which meant that this play is based in Denmark.
- Marcellus and Bernardo talk about a certain silhouette that has been haunting their presence
- Horatio doesn't believe them at first and then realizes what they are mentioning
- The ghostly figure resembles the old King Hamlet, even though the Old King Hamlet is still alive at the time
- Bernardo and Marcellus encourage Horatio to demand the ghost to talk, but instead (thinks) the ghost leaves in offence
- The ghost appears at the most audacious moment during the night which meant something in the future, a foreshadowing
- The two other guards want to hear the story of the Old King Hamlet by Horatio
- - At first the play was in simple conversations, transitions to fret, and then a long monologue by Horatio for explanations
- Ghost re-enters the scene and still does not say anything
- The guards demand the ghost to speak until the rooster crows to indicate that its morning
- The ghost disappears without a single word even when the guards try to strike at it
- The guardsmen worry about the ghost's presence because if it didn't speak to them, it must talk to his son Hamlet.
Wednesday, October 15, 2014
Hamlet: Act I Scene I Notes
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Academic Studies,
Hamlet
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