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Which characters first see the ghost? What do they think the sighting means?
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Fransisco, Bernardo, Marcellus, and Horatio.
They think he is there to tell them the outcome of the war. |
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Horatio speaks in some length about Rome and the time "A little ere mightiest Julius fell." Which supernatural phenomenon is he trying to understand?
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The ghost appearing and predicting the future.
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Hamlet agrees to stay in Elsinore and not to return to Wittenburg. why?
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His mother wants him to stay because he is still mourning and is depressed. it will make his mother happy.
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Hamlet stated confidentiality that "foul deeds will rise, though all the earth o'erwhelm them, to men's eyes." what is he talking about?
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The ghost will tell him something bad has happened.
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Laertes warns Ophelia not to give in to the advances of Prince Hamlet. what are the reasons?
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False promises, not true to her. might not marry her. and doesn't want her reputation ruined.
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In their conversation immediately following the departure of Laertes, Polonius tells Ophelia that she must not spend any more time with Hamlet. Why not?
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she's needs to protect her reputation/honor or no one will want to marry her.
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What's Hamlet's state of mind when we first see the ghost? Why does he feel his is " too much in the sun"?
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he is excited to see his ghost dad
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How does Hamlet react to his new suspicions? why can he not be sure his suspicions are true? what does he make his friends swear?
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he vows to get revenge; however he has no evidence.
to never speak of it |
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Hamlets father's ghost tells him to not take revenge upon Gertrude. why?
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she was influenced by Claudius and will get her karma in the after life
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Why does hamlet tell Horatio that "there are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, that are dreamt of in your [our] philosophy?
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they can't possibly know the reasons behind everything.
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