Hamlet Act 1+2

A ghost.

Horatio is the smarter one and knows Latin.

His father was killed by King Hamlet. 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. He has gathered men from different areas of Norway to help him.

Hamlet.

He has written a letter to the King of Norway that he wants Cornelius and Voltimand to deliver. The King of Norway is Fortinbras's Uncle. He is an old man who doesn't know what Fortinbras is planning. The King of Norway has the power to stop Fortinbras from going to war.

The King tells Hamlet that he should not be so sad that his father died. Life must continue to go on. He also tells him that he does not want him to return to Wittenburg University to study. He wants him to stay in Denmark and to think of him as Hamlet's father.

1. Hamlet is upset because his father died. 2. Hamlet is also upset because his mother married his Uncle very quickly after his father died, less than a month.

That he saw the ghost of his father.

Hamlet decides to see the ghost and talk to him.

To stay away from Hamlet. Hamlet will take advantage of her. She should not believe him when he says he loves her. Hamlet will be King of Denmark, he is royalty and she is not.

He tells Laertus not to say what he is thinking and to think before he acts. He should hold onto his friends and not to be quick to make new friends. Don't pick fights, but if you are in one, fight well. Listen to many people, but talk to few. Don't borrow or lend money. Don't have too much fun.

She will stay away from Hamlet.

The ghost tells Hamlet that Claudius killed him. He poured poison into his ear when he was in the garden and he died. He also stole his wife Gertrude. He asks Hamlet to seek revenge and kill Claudius, but not to hurt Gertrude. God and her guilt will take punish her.

1. He makes him swear to not tell anyone what they saw. Hamlet talking to the ghost of his father 2. 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.

Polonius sends Reynaldo to Paris. Polonius wants to learn about what his son is doing in Paris because he wants to spy on his son.

Polonius thinks that Hamlet is mad because he's crazy with love for Ophelia and she is ignoring him so he is depressed.

Claudius asked them to come to the castle to find out what's bothering Hamlet. Then, they can try to help him.

He wants Hamlet and Ophelia to meet. Polonius is going to spy on them.

He thought that the world was wonderful but life is terrible. People don't interest him.

He's going to have to put some of Hamlet's lines in here. He is going to have him change some of the play. Reenact how his father was murdered to see how Claudius reacts.

He's a coward and a dreamer because he hasn't made any plans to kill his uncle. He has an idea that if the players act out his father's murder King Claudius will confess his crime of killing King Hamlet.