Shakespeare Hamlet – Act 1 Scene 1 13.11.12
It was very
dark and bitterly cold. It was twelve o’clock in Denmark, outside the castle. Francisco
was on guard, but Barnardo enters, saying he will take over. Marcellus and
Horatio enter, and start talking of the ghost they’d seen twice before.
Marcellus names it ‘a dreaded sight’, but Horatio believes none of this.
The spirit
mysteriously enters, Horatio sees it, and demands it to speak, and asks “What
are you?.” He explains it looks like the King of Denmark. Spirit then disappears,
it is too dark to see where it has gone. The ghost exits. Marcellus notices
that Horatio has gone pale, trembling, and looking startled. Horatio has a
feeling that the spirit is bad news for the country of Denmark. He also thinks
the ghost appeared for a reason that night, that the ghost knew he, Marcellus
and Barnardo would be there. Barnardo agrees. Ghost enters again shortly after,
Horatio demands it to speak to him. Ghost exits when Marcellus decides to
strike it with his spear, but misses because it is too dark to see.
They both
exit.
