Part I: Hamlet The play's setting, Hamlet, takes place in Elsinore castle. ... The guards feel Horatio should be able to communicate with the ghost because they were unsuccessful in their previous attempt to make contact with the ghost. ... Back to the events of the mysterious ghost sitting; Horatio, Marcellus and Bernardo enter the castle and talk with Hamlet about the ghost they have seen. ... The ghost appears and Hamlet, realizing that the ghost does look like his dead father, Hamlet approaches it and asks that it speaks to him. ... Hamlet is very angry about the events the...

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Bernardo, Francisco Setting: Ramparts of kings castle in Elsinore (MIDNIGHT TO DAWN) Summary: One cold winter night, Bernardo, an officer comes to relieve the watchman Francisco. ... ACT 1 SCENE 4 Characters: Setting: Ramparts in the Castle (24 hours later) Summary: Hamlet is now keeping watch outside the castle with Heratio and Marcellus and waiting for the ghost. ... Setting: A hall in the castle. ... Setting: Room in the castle. ... Setting: A hall in the castle. ...

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Hamlet's late father the King of Denmark had mysteriously died in his court yard of the Elsinore Castle, now Claudius the kings brother has taken over the throne as King, and has married Hamlet's mother Gertrude. ... The Ghost of Hamlet's father appears in front of Hamlet. The ghost is in fact Hamlet's late father. ... One day a troupe of actors arrived at Elsinore, and Hamlet arranges for them to perform a play reenacting his father's death. ... The Ghost re-appears to Hamlet, and reminds him that his mother had nothing to do with it. ...

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Hamlet's late father the King of Denmark had mysteriously died in his court yard of the Elsinore Castle, now Claudius the kings brother has taken over the throne as King, and has married Hamlet's mother Gertrude. ... The Ghost of Hamlet's father appears in front of Hamlet. The ghost is in fact Hamlet's late father. ... One day a troupe of actors arrived at Elsinore, and Hamlet arranges for them to perform a play reenacting his father's death. ... The Ghost re-appears to Hamlet, and reminds him that his mother had nothing to do with it. ...

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At the opening of Shakespeare's "Hamlet," the guarding sentries of the castle, Elsinore, seek assistance of the scholar Horatio to help them deal with the recent appearance of a ghost. Although Horatio think of the existence of such a "creature" as extremely irrational, he reacts with alarm and credulity when the ghost returns again. After multiple unsuccessful attempts to communicate with the ghost, Horatio in order to reap control over it orders to attack it, but fails to do any harm because it is a spirit. ... Before the court meeting begins in the king's castle, Claudius become...

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At the opening of Shakespeare's Hamlet, the guarding sentries of the castle Elsinore seek assistance of the scholar Horatio to help them deal with the recent appearance of a ghost. Although Horatio think of the existence of such a "creature" as extremely irrational, he reacts with alarm and credulity when the ghost returns again. After multiple unsuccessful attempts to communicate with the ghost, Horatio in order to reap control over it orders to attack it, but fails to do any harm because it is a spirit. ... Unable to show any authentic sorrow for his recently dead brother, the king of...

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Hamlet's Disease The somber images of poison and disease taint the pages of Hamlet, and shadow the corruption pervading the recent and future events of the castle. ... As the play opens in the cool, black night, Barnardo and Francisco are high atop the looming walls of Elsinore, keeping watch for the impending revenge of enemy Fortinbras (I.1). ... The act continues, and the Ghost appears out of the dark shadows (I.1). Horatio, who had doubted the men's earlier details of sightings, now contemplates the reasons for the Ghost's visit as the spirit disappears into the ramparts. ....

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Despite his rise to power seeming to have been carefully planned and executed, he nevertheless encountered certain things that he did not expect, such as the appearance of the ghost of his victim that ignited Hamlet 's thirst for revenge. ... For example in a scene where Hamlet meets the ghost of his father. ... The ghost's highly processed voice thunders across the surrounding area, cracking open the ground under Hamlet's feet. ... The main gallery of Elsinore Castle contains a hall of mirrors that cast a dizzying many of reflections and conceal doors leading to secret rooms ...

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