What does Hamlet tell Horatio and Marcellus about his talk with the ghost?
He tells them that he will pretend to be crazy and they can not say it is because he saw the ghost of his father and talked to him. Hamlet swears Horatio to two things. What are they? It’s a bad sign for the country.
What two things does Hamlet ask Horatio to do?
What does Hamlet ask Horatio to do during the “play?” To observe and analyze the king and tell him after the play what he thought about it.
What does Hamlet ask of his companions?
He asks Horatio to watch Claudius carefully, just as he intends to do. He hopes that the king will somehow react out of guilt for what he sees, and he wants Horatio to observe the king and tell him later, after the play, what he thought.
What three questions does Marcellus raise on the purpose of their night’s watch?
what three questions does Marcellus raise, and what explanation does Horatio provide? a) why does it only come at midnight? b) why are we making weapons? c) why are shipmakers working all the time?
Why has Marcellus ask Horatio to come?
It seems natural that Horatio would join them on their watch if they tell him they have seen a ghost who looks exactly like the late King Hamlet. Shakespeare wanted Horatio to report the visit of the ghost to Hamlet because Horatio is Hamlet’s confidant throughout the play, right up to the very end.
What are the three questions Horatio asks the ghost?
Horatio says “If there be any good thing to be done/ That may to thee do ease and grace to me,/ Speak to me.” He challenges the ghost to speak and tell him what he can do to ease the spirits pain and bring glory to his own name.
Why does Claudius send Cornelius and Voltimand to Norway lines 27 39?
The reason that Claudius is sending them to Norway is to ask the King of Norway for his help. The King of Norway has a nephew named Fortinbras. Fortinbras is angry at Denmark because the old king Hamlet killed Fortinbras’s father, who was king of Norway.
Why does Claudius send a letter to Fortinbras uncle?
Now that the old king Hamlet is dead, Fortinbras wants to regain the lands his father forfeited to Denmark. Since Claudius knows there is no dealing with Fortinbras, he is dispatching the two courtiers with a letter to Fortinbras’s uncle, advising him to reign in his nephew and stop the upcoming war.
Why does Claudius send the King of Norway a letter?
When Claudius sends ambassadors to Norway, he hopes to get the uncle of young Fortinbras, to talk sense to him. Claudius sends a letter to “Norway”–the bed-ridden and weak uncle, who Claudius is sure is unaware of what his nephew is doing, via courier in an effort to avoid further bloodshed.
Why does Fortinbras decide not to attack Denmark?
If Fortinbras wants to avenge his father’s death, why doesn’t he just go to attack Denmark? Young Fortinbras attacks Poland to regain some of his father’s honor because his uncle, the current king of Norway, has forbidden him to attack Denmark, as he had planned to do.