Hamlet opening scene background information summary
In the opening scene of Hamlet Shakespeare introduces us to vital background information that evokes the action of the main plot. The action begins when Marcellus asks the others “has this thing appear’d again tonight?” and Bernardo replies that he has seen nothing. Just as Bernardo starts to describe his visions the apparition appears. Bernardo notes that the ghost is “In the same figure, like the king that’s dead” and then questions himself “Looks it not like the king”. Horatio then questions the apparition “What are thou, that usurp’st this time of night/ Together with the fair and warlike form/ In which the majesty of buried Denmark/ Did sometimes march
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