ACT 1(scene 1)

ACT 1(scene 1)

1. SCENE 1

   • BACKGROUND:midnight,Castle Elsinore in Denmark
     • create a mood of dark,creepy and sinister
   • CHARACTERS MENTIONED
     • BARNARDO
       • also a soldier/officer
         • very jumpy and are scared of something not being right
     • FRANCISCO
       • night watch/guard/soldier
     • MARCELLUS
       • officer
     • HORATIO
       • A close friend to Hamlet.University buddies at Wittenberg
     • GHOST
       • appears to be the late King who died

2. scene summary

   • Bernardo and Marcellus,who are on sentry duty,wait with Horatio for a ghost ,which has appeared twice before.Horatio challenges the ghost,which refuses to reply.They decide to inform Hamlet,Horatio's friend,of this strange phenomenon

3. story detail

4. questions answered

   • 1.Why is the ghost mentioned alot?
     • ghost were a unrealistic thing that time
       • should make audience believe the ghost is real
       • at first they used uneducated characters