ACT 1,4 GHOST + KINGDOM

Question 1

What happens in 1,4?

Answer 1

Horatio Marcellus and hamlet are on a MiGs night watch and they encounter the ghost
There is also a drunk party going on for the kings coronation

Question 2

Antithesis quotes that show the ghost as ambiguous

Answer 2

Be thou a spirit of health or a damn’d goblin
Bring thee airs from heaven or blasts from Hell

Question 3

Quotes that show the kingdoms corruption under its sinful rulers

Answer 3

Though I am native here
They clepe us drunkards with swinish phraseb

Question 4

Analyse they clepe us drunkards with swinish phrase

Answer 4

This presents the kingdom as corrupt and immoral under the new leaders with the use of pig imagery

Question 5

Why is the kingdom presented as corrupt

Answer 5

It presents hamlet as a hero with the responsibility and duty to restore the kingdom and save it from the corruption

Question 6

Quotes that are foreboding

Answer 6

What if I tempt the flood towards you my lord

My fate cries out

Question 7

Analyse my fate cries out

Answer 7

Reflects how hamlet is unable to control his fate and helplessness, emphasising the power of the supernatural and the fears

Question 8

Analyse tempt you towards the flood

Answer 8

Foreshadows hamlets tragic fate and destruction