Hamlet 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 ... the dead? "A mote it is to trouble the mind's eye" says Horatio about the ghost and likens its appearance to the ominous events in ancient Rome before the murder of Julius Caesar. The ghost reappears, Horatio then uttered "I"ll cross it, it blast me/ If thou has t any sound, or use of voice, Speak to me:/ If there be any good thing ... ...

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