ACT 1 SCENE 1 Characters: Ghost, Heratio, Marcellus. Bernardo, Francisco Setting: Ramparts of kings castle in Elsinore (MIDNIGHT TO DAWN) Summary: One cold winter night, Bernardo, an officer comes to relieve the watchman Francisco. They both acknowledge that they are both watchmen, then Francisco thanks Bernardo for relieving him because he is cold and tired ... look at him as a father. Hamlet wants to die, and he wished that suicide was not a sin. Heratio and the guardsmen inform Hamlet of the ghost they had saw the night before and Hamlet agrees to watch with them tonight in hope of talkin...

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... at her for her "betrayal" to his father. Hamlet really carpe diems his butt off here. It is the same thing as a student saying, "Well, if I am going to waste a night of perfectly good TV- watching to study for my History test, I might as well write my English paper too." As the duel continues, Laertes has poisoned the tip of his ... . Hamlet kills the Claudius, finally avenging his father's death! Next Hamlet reconciles with Laertes. Then Hamlet stops Horatio from committing suicide and requests that Horatio tell his story. (Two quick notes: 1.Sorry, I know this is a lot of summarizing, ...

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• Grade Level: High School