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Hamlet

Hamlet. Act 1 Summary. Act 1.1 Character list . Barnardo---guard Francisco---guard Marcellus---guard Horatio---Hamlet’s friend Ghost. Scene 1 Details. Barnardo and Francisco have seen a ghost twice Marcellus brings Horatio to confirm sighting; Horatio skeptical

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Hamlet

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  1. Hamlet Act 1 Summary

  2. Act 1.1 Character list • Barnardo---guard • Francisco---guard • Marcellus---guard • Horatio---Hamlet’s friend • Ghost

  3. Scene 1 Details • Barnardo and Francisco have seen a ghost twice • Marcellus brings Horatio to confirm sighting; Horatio skeptical • Ghost appears; looks like dead King Hamlet; • Talk about Denmark’s political problems—Fortinbras of Norway • Enter ghost again; Horatio tries to speak to it; ghost exits again • Morning comes; Marcellus and Horatio will tell young Hamlet about it

  4. Act 1.2 Character list • King Claudius • Queen Gertrude • Cornelius/Voltemand---messengers sent to Norway • Laertes • Polonius • Hamlet • Marcellus • Horatio

  5. Scene 2 Details • Formal appearance made by Claud and Gert (kind of a business meeting/mourning period/wedding celebration) • King sends Corn. And Volt. to Norway to inform King of Norway about his nephew Fortinbras • King gives permission for Laertes to return to France • We meet Hamlet who is scolded for his “unmanly grief” • King tells Hamlet NOT to go back to Wittenberg (college)

  6. Scene 2 continued • Hamlet left alone for first soliloquy: contemplates suicide and reveals feelings about mother’s marriage and father’s death • Enter Horatio and Marcellus to report about the ghost; say it looked like dead King • Hamlet will meet them that same night between 11 and midnight • Scene ends with Hamlet alone believing in “some foul play”

  7. Act 1.3 Character list • Ophelia • Laertes • Polonius

  8. Scene 3 Details • Laertes says goodbye to Ophelia • Tells her to guard her heart against Hamlet • Polonius gives “sound advice” to his son • Polonius confronts Ophelia about Hamlet • She defends her relationship as honorable • Polonius scolds her and tells her to stop seeing Hamlet immediately • Ophelia “shall obey”

  9. Act 1.4 Character list • Hamlet • Marcellus • Horatio • Ghost

  10. Scene 4 Details • Hamlet meets Horatio and Marcellus outside castle • Hamlet tells them about Claud’s partying ways • Enter Ghost; wants Hamlet to follow him and Hamlet is willing • Horatio fears for Hamlet’s safety • Hamlet will follow the ghost despite objections • “Something is rotten in the state of Denmark”---Marcellus; Horatio and Marcellus will follow

  11. Act 1.5 Character list • Hamlet • Ghost • Marcellus • Horatio

  12. Scene 5 Details • Ghost speaks to Hamlet ; confirms he is Hamlet’s father • Wants Hamlet to seek revenge against Claudius for his “foul and unnatural murder” • Claud poisoned his brother in the ear while he was sleeping in the orchard • Warns Hamlet not to harm mother only Claud • Hamlet will obey the command • Makes Horatio and Marcellus swear to keep tonight a secret; they do • Hamlet will put “an antic disposition on”

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