Hamlet is a narrative of murder and revenge of the king killed by his own brother, who
then marries the dead king’s widow. The prince must pretend to be mad in order to save
his own life and revenge his father’s death.
Hamlet meets with Horatio, Barnardo and Marcellus on the platform of Elsinore
to see if what he was told is true about the ghost. The ghost does appear and signals to
Hamlet to go away with him. The ghost tells Hamlet to pat attention to me (1.5.3). The
ghost tells Hamlet that he is the spirit of his father and of the crime done unto him which
was strange and unnatural murder (1.5.14, 17 and 34). Hamlet was also told that will he
was sleeping in his orchard a serpent scared him and poured poison in his ear, and the
serpent that did this now wear the crown (1.5.42-43, 46-47, and 67-84). Hamlet’s father
spirit orders him to revenge his death and does not want him to do anything to his mother,
leave her for the heavens......
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