Intensely moved, Hamlet swears to remember and obey the ghost. Horatio and Marcellus arrive upon the scene and frantically ask Hamlet what has happened. Shaken and extremely agitated, he refuses to tell them, and he insists that they swear upon his sword not to reveal what they have seen.
Q. Who was with Hamlet when he saw the ghost?
Horatio
Table of Contents
- Q. Who was with Hamlet when he saw the ghost?
- Q. Where does Hamlet think the ghost came from?
- Q. Who do the guards want to tell about the ghost in Hamlet?
- Q. Who does Ophelia fall in love with?
- Q. Why does Horatio not want Hamlet to speak to the ghost?
- Q. What questions did Horatio ask the ghost?
- Q. Why does Hamlet want to test Claudius instead of simply believing the ghost he saw?
Q. Where does Hamlet think the ghost came from?
For Hamlet to believe the ghost comes from Limbo would be for him to reject Protestant teaching. Hamlet’s skepticism with Horatio and Marcellus reflect, perhaps, this hesitation to believe in the ghost’s veracity.
Q. Who do the guards want to tell about the ghost in Hamlet?
They think the ghost will speak to his son. Who do the soldiers/guards want to tell about the ghost? The King of Denmark and the Uncle of Hamlet. He is the antagonist or the bad guy.
Q. Who does Ophelia fall in love with?
Ophelia’s role in the play revolves around her relationships with three men. She is the daughter of Polonius, the sister of Laertes, and up until the beginning of the play’s events, she has also been romantically involved with Hamlet.
Q. Why does Horatio not want Hamlet to speak to the ghost?
Horatio is worried that Hamlet may drown in the ocean, he may fall from a cliff, or that he may be so terrified by a “horrible” shape that the ghost may assume that Hamlet loses his mind from the experience.
Q. What questions did Horatio ask the ghost?
Horatio says, “If thou art privy to thy country’s fate,/ Which happily foreknowing may avoid,/ Oh, speak!” Here with these lines he asks the ghost about the country’s fate in other words what warning can the ghost give.
Q. Why does Hamlet want to test Claudius instead of simply believing the ghost he saw?
Rather than accept the ghost’s word, Hamlet sets out to observe Claudius and test his guilt. The second reason Hamlet resolved to test Claudius is the gravity of the sin he must commit. Hamlet knows that murder is an offense which will send him to hell for eternity.
