Act 1 Scene 1 Hamlet

Question 1

What is Horatio’s purpose in Scene 1

Answer 1

-Horatio establishes the ghost as real and provides the exposition of the play.
-He also is a choric speaker creating a sense of fear and dread

Question 2

Analyse ‘sick at heart’

Answer 2

• sense of dread/grief due to the King’s death meaning he was well liked by the kingdom

Question 3

‘bodes some strange eruption in our state’

Answer 3

-foreboding, ghost is going to bring chaos and destruction

Question 4

What does the opening words of the play do?

Answer 4

Creates a sense of things being unclear

Question 5

3 quotes where the ghost is presented ambiguously

Answer 5

-‘harrows me with fear and wonder’ -antithesis
-‘together with that fair and war-like form’ - antithisis
-And then it started like a guilty thing upon a fearful summons’ - could be demon