: PROVING THE 7 CHACATERISTICS OF HAMLET : 7 CHARACTERISTICS OF REVENGE TRAGEDY: - Essay Example

Download file to see previous pages... Marcellus tells Barnardo, “Horatio says tis but our fantasy/ and will not let belief take home of him.” Horatio agrees to join them on the watch the following night. When they all meet the ghost appears before them. Marcellus says “Peace, break there off, look where it comes again.” Then Horatio confirms that the phantomresembles the deceasedruler Hamlet. Horatio questions it “What art thou that ursupst this time, together with that fair and warlike form to which the majesty of Denmark did sometimes March?” When Horatio finally agrees to meet them on guard, he does that so he can proof or disproof whether or not the ghost actually appears. When they meet that night, Horatio and the guards do see the ghost appear, but strangely they will not say a word at all, and then he just leaves. After that, Horatio and the guards decide to tell Hamlet that a ghost appeared the previous night, but could not say a word. So at that point, in time, Horatio decides to tell the guards the story about young Fortinbras. King Fortinbras and King Hamlet have a signed treaty that states that the one who loses the war gains the others conquered land because of the war. Now young Fortinbras has come back “however, to get back of us, through firm hand and conditions compensatory, those foresaid soils so by his father lost.” After that encounter, there was another one with the ghost. Horatio and the guards are on watch again. Moreover, the ghost appears again but is still silent. Horatio and the guards quickly debate on whether or not to spear the ghost. Meanwhile, Horatio wants answers from the ghost about something, whether it is the country’s fate or something of mere importance. The ghost is still silent and again refuses to speak and then just leaves. Horatio and the guards decide to tell Hamlet which they hope to find the next morning (Luebering 12). Meanwhile, in Act 1, scene 2, Claudius made a speech to all regarding that he is mourning his brother’s death. Claudius also stated that he had married his former sister-in-law, Gertrude, the Queen. He also states that young Fortinbras is underestimating the strength of Denmark and he is imagining that the death of the King has thrown the country into turmoil. Young Fortinbras dreams of getting the better of him and he never stops pestering him with demands that he surrender the territory his father lost to the elder Hamlet. In Act 1, scene 4, Horatio is on watch with the guards, and Hamlet. All of a sudden, the ghost enters and Hamlet remains surprised. Hamlet tries to speak with the ghost and motions him to come with him, but Horatio and the guards tell Hamlet that he should not, “what if it tries you to the direction of the torrent, my noble, or to the dreadful summit to the cliff.” Finally, Hamlet and the ghost exit together. In Act 1, scene 5, the ghost and Hamlet engage in a conversation. The ghost starts to tell Hamlet that he is the ghost of his father, who remains troubled for a definite time to walk the earth at night while being trapped in the fires of purgatory. The ghost tells Hamlet that he could take revenge for the horrible murder of his father, “revenge his fool and unnatural murder”. The ghosts’ life remained deprived by Brother Claudius and all is taken from him, including his crown and his queen. The ghost says Claudius poisoned him with a sap in a vial. He poured it into his ears as he was sleeping in his garden. The ...Download file to see next pagesRead More