Hamlet

Hamlet

1. Act 1

   • Scene 1
     • The watchmen are preparing to change shifts. Horatio joins them in order to ensure that the talk of the ghost of the Old King appearing at night time are true.
     • Context: Hamlet was written around the time that England was fearing who will take the throne after Elizabeth the 1st dies. James the 1st, the son of Mary, Queen of Scots, inherited the throne however this conflicted with Elizabeth before she died. The play is concerned with transfer of monarch power.
   • Scene 2
   • Scene 3
   • Scene 4
   • Scene 5