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Hamlet Act 1 Scene 5

Summary – What happens in this scene?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Characters –   Who are they?  What is their role in the scene?

 

Hamlet:

 

 

 

 

 

Ghost:

 

 

 

 

 

Horatio:

 

 

 

 

Marcellus:

 

 

 

Barnardo:

Important Lines – Interpret each quote in your own words and then explain why it is important.

 

1)      Ghost

“Murder most foul, as in the best it is;
But this most foul, strange, and unnatural.”1.5.33-34

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2)      Hamlet

“Haste me to know't, that I, with wings as swift
As meditation or the thoughts of love,
May sweep to my revenge.”1.5.35-37

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3)      Ghost

                        “’Tis given out that, sleeping in my orchard,

                        A serpent stung me.  So the whole ear of Denmark

                        Is by a forged process of my death

                        Rankly abused.  But know, thou noble youth,

                        The serpent that did sting thy father’s life,

                        Now wears his crown.” 1.5.35-40

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3) Ghost

“But, howsoever thou pursuest this act,
Taint not thy mind, nor let thy soul contrive
Against thy mother aught. Leave her to heaven,
And to those thorns that in her bosom lodge
To prick and sting her.”1.5.91-95

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4)      Hamlet

“As I perchance hereafter shall think meet
To put an antic disposition on,”1.5.191-192

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5)      Hamlet

            “The time is out of joint.  O cursed spite,

            That ever I was born to set it right!” 1.5.188-189

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Further Questions –

 

1)      Who does the ghost claim to be?  Why does he say he must walk about at night?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2)      According to the ghost, how did Hamlet’s father die?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3)      What does the ghost want Hamlet to do?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4)      Why do you think is it so important that Horatio, Marcellus, and Barnardo swear to secrecy?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5)      What does Hamlet tell Horatio, Marcellus, and Barnardo about how he is going to behave in the future?