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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| on the castle walls of | elsinore |
| the scholar | horatio |
| is brought out to stand and watch them with | Marcellus and barnardo |
| so that he might better asses the | ghost's authenticity. |
| althought intially | doubtful, |
| the ghost sooon appears and looks very much like | Hamlet sr the former king of DENMARK. |
| after the ghost | disappears, |
| horatio recounts how hamlet sr had previously killed | fortinbras sr,, king of NORWAY |
| in single combat which in the | forfeiture of land |
| and now | young fortinbras |
| insists on reclaiming his | father's long land. |
| upon the | ghost;s return HORATIO |
| attempts to | speak with it but to no avail |
| and so they decide to tell | hamlet he must not persist in |
| mourning the lost of his | father's |
| and that such an act shows a will against | God. |
| Soon after, | horatio and Marcellus arrive |
| to privately tell | hamlet |
| about the appearance of his | father's ghost. |
| BLANK agreees that he will stand | Hamlet, watch |
| that evening to await the | arrival |
| of thee ghost and will attempt to | speak to it. |
| eventually, | laetes |
| preparing to leave for | france |
| and offered Ophelia some departing | advice |
| about | hamlet. |
| he states that since hamlet is a | prince |
| he will someday have a higher responsibility to | denmark |
| and therefore will not be able to | marry her. |
| When | Laertes |
| departs | polonius |
| initiates a more aggressive verbal attack on | ophelia |
| telling her not to | dishonor |
| the family or his good | name |
| that evening as hamlet | horatio and Marcellus |
| stand watch the | ghost |
| does in fact reappear and beckons | Hamlet to follow. |
| once alone, the | ghost |
| reveals that he was in fact murdered by | claudius |
| while he slept in the | orchard. |
| BLANK has poured | claudius, poison |
| into his ear, killing | Hamlet sr, quickly. |
| now the | ghost |
| has returned to seek | justice |
| for his murder and demands | hamlet |
| to take revenge but warns him not to harm | gertrude |
| but rather to let her guilty | conscience |
| be her | punishment |
| BLANK and the ghost have | Hamlet, horation and marcellus |
| swear to secrecy before returning to the castle where Hamlet states he may pretend to be | insanee |
| and they should not take notice of his odd | behavior |