1. Hamlet opening scene background information summary
Bernardo notes that the ghost is "In the same figure, like the king that's dead" and then questions himself "Looks it not like the king". Horatio then questions the apparition "What are thou, that usurp'st this time of night/ Together with the fair and warlike form/ In which the majesty of buried Denmark/ Did sometimes march" the ghost then disappears and leaves the men astonished at what they have seen. ... "It was about to speak," notes Bernardo, "when the cock crew." ...
- Word Count: 466
- Approx Pages: 2
- Grade Level: Undergraduate