Before Hamlet, there was the Great King Hamlet, and there was the King of Norway. One day, they decided to make a little wager, betting on who could kill the other in combat. The winner of this wager would receive some unclaimed land. In the end, King Hamlet won and now the King of Norway was dead. However, King Hamlet soon had died, thus leading into the events of Hamlet.
In the opening of Scene I, you start off at the location of Elsinore, at a platform before the castle. At the castle, a soldier named Francisco was at his post during one cold Christmas Eve night, as well as fellow officers named Bernardo, who was going to take Francisco’s place and take watch. That is until a man named Marcellus came by, along with the beloved Horatio. …show more content…
At the start, Claudius gives a speech inside the room, which tells of his sorrow for his brother 's death, as well as his gratitude of becoming king as he married off his brother’s wife only a month after her husband 's death. No one really has an issue about this, so all seems to be fine. All, but the son, Prince Hamlet; after all, he was technically next to become king, if it wasn’t for this uncle marrying off his mother. Nevertheless, once the ceremony was over, that’s when things got real. To start things off, Claudius decided to send Voltimand and Cornelius into Norway with the message to the King of Norway, who is now the brother of the previous king. The message basically says to control his nephew, as he is planning to attack and seize their land, or else. Once done, he then focuses his attention on Laertes, son of Polonius, whom askes to go back to France to school. He first asks to check with Polonius to see if he is okay with it, and he was, thus sending him off. Now that that’s out of the way, now Claudius’ has to face his biggest challenge, dealing with Hamlet. Since Hamlet has been moody lately, he and Gertrude tells him to get over it and move on already, After all, everybody dies eventually and Hamlet is next in line for the throne, so he must
In the opening of Scene I, you start off at the location of Elsinore, at a platform before the castle. At the castle, a soldier named Francisco was at his post during one cold Christmas Eve night, as well as fellow officers named Bernardo, who was going to take Francisco’s place and take watch. That is until a man named Marcellus came by, along with the beloved Horatio. …show more content…
At the start, Claudius gives a speech inside the room, which tells of his sorrow for his brother 's death, as well as his gratitude of becoming king as he married off his brother’s wife only a month after her husband 's death. No one really has an issue about this, so all seems to be fine. All, but the son, Prince Hamlet; after all, he was technically next to become king, if it wasn’t for this uncle marrying off his mother. Nevertheless, once the ceremony was over, that’s when things got real. To start things off, Claudius decided to send Voltimand and Cornelius into Norway with the message to the King of Norway, who is now the brother of the previous king. The message basically says to control his nephew, as he is planning to attack and seize their land, or else. Once done, he then focuses his attention on Laertes, son of Polonius, whom askes to go back to France to school. He first asks to check with Polonius to see if he is okay with it, and he was, thus sending him off. Now that that’s out of the way, now Claudius’ has to face his biggest challenge, dealing with Hamlet. Since Hamlet has been moody lately, he and Gertrude tells him to get over it and move on already, After all, everybody dies eventually and Hamlet is next in line for the throne, so he must