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What had Bernardo seen at a prior watch? … Why does Marcellus think Horatio should speak to the ghost? Marcellus thinks Horatio should speak to the ghost because he will know what to say to him. He is a “scholar”…

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Claudius and Hamlet: Start of play The relationship between Claudius and Hamlet is significant because it adds a sense of tension and conflict to the play, and is the first portrayal of a possible antagonist in the story, that person…

Appearance vs Reality “As I perchance hereafter shall think meetTo put an antic disposition on” (Hamlet)”Though this be madness, yet there is methodin’t” (Polonius)”Then is my deed to my most painted word” (Claudius)”The play’s the thing Wherin ill catch the…

How does Hamlet demonstrate his sanity through word play and also his desire to detach himself from Claudius? “Hamlet, thou hast thy father much offended. Mother, you have my father much offended…” How does Hamlet note the fleeting and fickle…

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Who is on guard duty? where? Why has Horatio been asked to keep watch with the guards? Barnardo and Francisco are on guard on the platform at Elsinore. They ask Horatio to stay so that they can show him the…

‘By no drift of conference,Get from him why he puts on this confusion’ Claudius 1-2Rozencrant and guildenstern cannot by any leading of the conversation get Hmalet to confess to the reason for his madness. This is also significant because it…

In what particular thought to work I know not, But in the gross and scope of mine opinion/ This bodes some strange eruption to our state Horatio- (speaking to Marcellus and Barnado about how if the dead king’s ghost has…

What is the scene as the play opens up? Soldiers in Denmark are protecting Elsinore castle How is interest created in this opening space? suspense with the ghost Why are the soldiers uneasy The ghost has come two nights in…