Wednesday, October 15, 2014

HAMLET ACT I SCENE II


Here's the sitch:
Hamlet's parents were the king and queen of Elsinore but King Hamlet died in battle. Less than two months after her husband's death, Queen Gertrude gets married to her brother-in-law: Claudius. Hamlet is pretty upset about how quickly his mother remarried.
  • Hamlet talks to Claudius who notices he is still grieving over his father's death
  • Hamlet hides his despisement for Claudius because he doesn't want to appear upset before him
  • once alone, Hamlet vents his anger and reveals his feeling about his mother and Claudius
  • Horatio, Marcellus, and Bernardo enter to tell Hamlet about what they saw the previous night
  • Hamlet was intrigued but swallowed his excitement in front of the guards

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