Hamlet Act I, scene i

Question 1

Describe the play’s opening atmosphere

Answer 1

The scene is seeped in a dubious, spectral atmosphere.

Question 2

Identify the country that the play takes place in.

Answer 2

Denmark

Question 3

Shakespeare is asking his audience to suspend reality and to open up belief in what?

Answer 3

The super natural - ghosts.

Question 4

In the opening, there is a changing of the guards. What else has there been a change in?

Answer 4

The old king of Denmark is dead (old Hamlet)