Act 1 Scene 1
- outside of castle, Elsinore
- midnight at the guard post; Bernardo relieves Francisco from duty
- Horatio and Marcellus arrive to accompany Bernardo
- Horation and Bernardo have been seeing a "dreaded sight" for the past two nights; Marcellus doesn't believe them
- "ghost" appears before them; resembles a dead king
- Marcellus attempts to speak to it to no avail
- state that his characteristics match those of the dead king
- go into tale of when Hamlet slayed Fortinbras, received his lands
- young Fortinbras seeks revenge; reason for preparations and guard watch
- "prologue to the omen coming on"
- ghost returns and again they attempt to speak to it; cock crows, ghost disappears
- cock announces the awakening day and causes ghost to leave
- decide to leave their watch and bring the news to Hamlet
*Allusions to Julius Caesar and the type of writing used in that tragedy
*exit- singular exeunt- plural
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