Essay Archive - Hamlet: Scene Summaries
Hamlet: Scene Summaries
At the beginning of this scene, two guards come out and attempt to get
the audience's attention. They basically inform us that it is night time,
and then they exit. Heratio and Marcellus then enter. They see a ghost
which looks like the late King who had just died. To get the audience's
attention once again, the two men repeat "Doesn't that look like the King!"
five times. Morning comes, and Heratio and Marcellus decide to tell Hamlet
of the incident.
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This scene informs us that the present king (Claudius) had killed the
late King Hamlet....
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