Spying is an one of the many themes in William Shakespeare's “Hamlet” because so many of the characters are involved in it. By far the worst criminal is Polonius. He is the king's right-hand man, so we presume he has had some practice at it. But, he spies even on his own children, by sending Reynaldo, his servant, to spy on his son, Laertes.
In Hamlet Horatio survives because he is the prince’s confidant, he survives so that he can remind us the reader’s of Hamlet’s virtues when he tells the story of Hamlet. He is the only one that believes that Hamlet has good intentions. Horatio lets us know as readers that Hamlet was a hero, in his efforts to bring justice to his fathers murder. Fortinbras’s role in the play is foil, he contrasts with Hamlet through out the entire play.
He begins by questioning who the ghost is and why it has come in the form of the dead king of Denmark (ll. 46-49). In line 46, Horatio uses the term “usurp’st,” which, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, is defined as “[taking] the place of someone in a position of power illegally”(Oxford English Dictionary, 2015). This demonstrates that Horatio does not believe that this apparition is the spirit of Hamlet’s father, for he accuses the ghost of stealing the form of the king. Following this accusation, Marcellus states that the spirit seems offended by what Horatio as said and Barnardo points out that it begins to walk away (ll. 50-51). When delivering these lines, the actors of Marcellus and Barnardo should sound concerned, for they would like to figure out what this apparition is before taking the news of it to Hamlet.
It is by this validation that we, the audience, are able to believe that there is actually a ghost and that Hamlet’s vision is no delusion. This initial show of Horatio’s reason, which is exemplified by his actions throughout the play, is the paradigm from where the audience finds the truth of the situation. This is essential in examining Hamlet
A few soldiers on guard report to him that his father’s ghost has been seen, and he sees the ghost when he goes with them the next night. The ghost tells him that his uncle killed him to get his crown and his wife, and makes Hamlet swear to avenge his death. Hamlet decides to pretend to be
That evening, in the castle hall now doubling as a theater, Hamlet solicitously lectures the players on how to act the components he has developed for them. Polonius shuffles by with Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, and Hamlet dispatches them to hurry the players in their preparations. Horatio enters, and Hamlet, gratified to visually perceive him, accolades him heartily, expressing his affection for and high opinion of Horatio’s mind and manner, especially Horatio’s qualities of self-control and reserve. Having told Horatio what he learned from the ghost that Claudius murdered his father; he now asks him to visually examine Claudius meticulously during the play so that they might compare their impressions of his comportment afterward. Horatio
The ghost will not speak any of the men that see it. "let us impart what we have seen tonight unto young hamlet, for upon my life, this spirit, dumb to us, will speak to him" (1.1.184-186). When hamlet meets the ghost for the first time, makes it clear that Hamlet's choice to follow the ghost in hopes of learning the reason for his appearance is ill advised. The ghost complains that he is unable to rest in peace because he was murdered. Claudius, says the ghost poured poison in king hamlets ear while he slept.
Axel Velazquez 1A Quick Write Shakespeare decides to start the play with a guard, Fransisco, replacing the other guard, Bernardo. The first guard seems very spooked, which gives a very ominous mood, why would he be scared if this is something that happens daily. Later on, we are introduced to Marcellus and Horatio. Marcellus is trying to convince Horatio that there is an actual ghost and that it's not made up. Horatio doesn't believe them at first but later the Ghost appears and it brings many questions to Horatio.
Firstly, Hamlet is a play of a man by the name of Hamlet, whose father was murdered by Claudius, his uncle. Claudius murdered the king by pouring poison in his ear to claim the throne for himself. Hamlet is then told by a ghost to murder Claudius for revenge, and he struggles within himself for the length of play whether to do it or not. When Hamlet begins to hesitate it does more damage than good and causes a chain reaction of tragic events, and makes the readers question whether Hamlet is truly sane or not. Claudius’s corruptness begins to show when he uses his authority to order those around him to rid of Hamlet.
In Shakespeare’s Hamlet, Hamlet struggles to cope with his late father’s death and his mother’s quick marriage. In Act 1, Scene 2, King Claudius, Queen Gertrude, and Hamlet are all introduced. Hamlet has just finished publicly speaking with his mom and the new king, and after he is interrupted by his good friend Horatio, who reveal the secret about King Hamlet’s ghost. Hamlet’s soliloquy is particularly crucial because it serves as his initial characterization, revealing the causes of his anguish. Hamlet’s grief is apparent to the audience, as he begins lamenting about the uselessness of life.
When the actors come to town Hamlet asks them to put on a special play that he has written, one that will reveal if the King is truly guilt. The play is reenacting the death of King Hamlet as the ghost describes it; as murder. His plan is to get a reaction from the King to assure the ghosts is telling the truth about King Hamlet’s death. When the actors get to the scene of the murder, King Claudius exits the theater. Hamlet now knows that the ghost was being truthful.
King Hamlet may not have been in the play very much, but when he was, he proved to be a very important role. Hamlet’s father needed vengeance against his brother for his murder, stealing his wife and crown, along with taking the crown away from Hamlet. He had a very strong motivation of getting what he wanted in this situation. If he had not shown himself to Hamlet, Horatio, Marcellus, and Bernardo, King Hamlet never would have been able to tell the story of what really had happened. He had a great effect on Hamlet in reminding him on his purpose there.
In the first act of the play, Horatio and two guards tell Hamlet of a spirit walking through the castle grounds who looks eerily like the Old King
Horatio: For you, Hamlet, I shall speak words of truth: Deceitful acts, cryptic conduct, and mad thoughts have plagued those in the Royal lineage of Denmark. And thus, drove them all to the other side of life. The true King murdered by a jealous kinship, was poisoned by ear, to rot in his garden. Fortinbras: King Hamlet, murdered?
The play begins with Marcellus asking for Horatio 's advice
