Hamlet Questions

Act I
Drummond
Scene 1: Why do Barnardo and Marcellus summon Horatio to the scene of their watch?
What about his personality makes him an especially ood candidate for this !ob?
Horatio comes off as a bit more scholarly than Marcellus and Barnardo" We find out later
in the story that he went to school with the #rince Hamlet$ so that let%s us belie&e that
Horatio is of hiher status than the other two men" I assume they summoned him because$
with Horatio%s knowlede$ they could toether determine the reason behind the host%s
unannounced &isits" Horatio is a practical and factual bein and does not belie&e in the
apparition that was sihted by the two uards" 'his may be the reason they summoned
him$ to see if it was !ust their imaination or maybe e&en to con&ince Horatio of the
host%s e(istence"
How is Hamlet Senior dressed when seen by Horatio$ Marcellus$ and Barnardo? What
does his dress seem to indicate to the men?
'ry to summari)e Horatio%s summary of e&ents in&ol&in Denmark and *orway on pae
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At the end of Act I$ ,cene -$ what do Horatio$ Marcellus$ and Barnardo resol&e to do
reardin Hamlet Senior?
Scene 2: Who was the .in%s brother$ and what has happened to him? 'o whom is the
.in married?
What re/uest does 0aertes make of the .in? How does the kin feel about 0aertes%s
father$ #olonius?
,ummari)e what Hamlet has to say in lines +1231 in response to his mother%s in/uiry"
How does the .in react to Hamlet%s rief$ and how does he try to lift his spirits in line
-45?
What is Hamlet sayin in his solilo/uy in lines -652-75?
#ro&ide three details from Hamlet%s meetin with Horatio at the end of ,cene 6 8lines
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Scene 3: What ad&ice does 0aertes i&e his sister ;phelia reardin Hamlet?
What kind of ad&ice does #olonius i&e 0aertes before 0"%s departure for <rance?
Scene 4: In lines 32-6$ what does Hamlet say his uncle =laudius is doin?
,ummari)e lines 19213"
Scene 5: In lines 96234$ what truth about his death does Hamlet%s father re&eal?
What does Hamlet ,r" ask his son *;' to do in 0ines 37233?
In lines -132-34$ what does Hamlet ask Horatio and Marcellus to swear to?