He tells them
that he will pretend to be crazy and they can not say
it is because he saw the ghost of his father and talked to him. Hamlet swears Horatio to two things. What are they? It's a bad sign for the country.
Does Hamlet tell Horatio and Marcellus what the ghost said?
Hamlet therefore tells Horatio and Marcellus very little of what the Ghost told him, but
he does tell them that he is planning to pretend to be mad for his own purposes
.
What does Hamlet tell Horatio and Marcellus about his plan?
Hamlet agrees to his father's wishes and the ghost disappears. After this, Marcellus and Horatio appear and talk to Hamlet. During the course of their conversation, he tells them of his plan to
pretend to be insane
, a tactic that will help him to carry his revenge.
What does Horatio and Marcellus tell about the ghost?
Horatio exclaims that
if he had not seen it, he would not have believed in the ghost
. Marcellus asks if this ghost does not resemble the deceased king; Horatio declares that it certainly does. Later, Horatio expresses some concern about this ghost because such spirits are usually harbingers of misfortunes to come.
Why won't Hamlet tell Marcellus and Horatio what he learned from the ghost?
Amid the spectral atmosphere, Hamlet obliges his friend Horatio and the guards to maintain silence about the ghost because
he does not want any knowledge of its appearance to reach anyone in the court of Claudius
; in addition, Hamlet does not know at this point if the ghost is honest with him.
Does Hamlet say the F word?
Now THAT's bard language! Benedict Cumberbatch shocks fans by ‘using the f-word' during performance of Hamlet after a trap door jammed. Benedict Cumberbatch shocked theatre-goers when he reportedly swore in frustration during a performance of Hamlet marred by technical difficulties.
What is the main cause of death in the play Hamlet?
In Shakespeare's Hamlet, the deaths of all of the characters you mention are the result of
Claudius' murderous conniving
. Claudius talks Laertes into killing Hamlet to avenge Polonius' death.
What does Horatio say is worse than death?
What does Polonius ask his daughter about her relationship with Hamlet? Speaking to Hamlet in scene 4, what does Horatio say might be worse than death?
He is very different than his brother
. … He tells Hamlet to stop grieving for his father's death, and to think of him as his father.
Why does the ghost not speak to Horatio?
He tells them that he will pretend to be crazy and they can not say it is because
he saw the ghost of his father and talked to him
. Hamlet swears Horatio to two things. What are they? It's a bad sign for the country.
What does Hamlet warn them not to worry about when they see him next?
what does hamlet warn them not to worry about when they see him?
because he may act weird now because of what has happened and he doesn't want them to give it away.
Why do the guards seek out Horatio?
He wants to reclaim the land that his father lost to King Hamlet. He
wants to fight the King of Denmark and go to war to get them back
.
Why did the guards bring in Horatio to see if he could see the ghost?
Horatio has joined them because Bernardo and Marcellus have seen a ghost, Horatio doesn't believe them so they bring him to see the ghost. … He
saw that the ghost had a fair and warlike form, similar to the form of the dead King Hamlet of Denmark
. What three questions does Marcellus raise?
Why do the guards want the ghost to speak?
Who do the soldiers/guards want to tell about the ghost?
They want to tell Hamlet
. … King Claudius is the new king of Denmark and he killed King Hamlet (Hamlet's Papa). Queen Gertrude is Hamlet's mother who had married Claudius after he husband passed.
Does Horatio think Hamlet is mad?
He has no obvious reason to fake insanity, and Horatio, at least, seems
to think that Hamlet is already behaving strangely
: he describes Hamlet's words as ‘wild and whirling' (I.v.132). Hamlet's ‘antic disposition' is one of the play's great mysteries.
Why does Hamlet make Horatio and Marcellus swear?
He tells them further that he may pretend to be a madman, and he makes them
swear not to give the slightest hint that they know anything about his motives
.
Why doesn't Horatio think it is a good idea for Hamlet to follow the ghost?
Horatio is also reluctant to follow the ghost
because he is unsure of its intentions
. He warns Hamlet that the ghost might convince him to act without reason and drive him mad. He tells Hamlet not to follow the ghost because it could lead him off a cliff into the ocean.
