1. Discuss the dramatic effect of the opening scene of Hamlet
... a scholar, seem not to believe that the ghost is real, and then finally become convinced, helps to persuade the audience that supernatural powers are at play. The audience undertake the voyage of discovery alongside Horatio. Several uneducated sentinels who are already convinced of the apparition's existence would not produce the same tension. It is therefore important for the audience to have ... reactions of the characters, the content of the speeches, the way the lines have been structured, and the information that the audience has learnt, have therefore all combined to promise a fan...
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