Act 1 Scene 1 Flashcards
What is Horatio’s function in the opening scene of the play?
-He is a scholar
-Establishes the ghost as real
-provides the exposition of the play
-choric speaker creating fear and dread
Fransisco says he is ‘sick at heart’. what mood does this create?
fearful/foreboding atmosphere
Why does Fransisco say he is ‘sick at heart’
Represents the strong feeling of grief that the Kingdom suggesting he is well-liked and admired
What might Horatio’s description of the ghost’s as a presence that ‘bodes some strange eruption to our state’
The ghost will bring chaos and destruction
What were the plays opening words?
‘Who’s there?’
Why are the opening words of ‘Who’s there?’
creates a sense of things being unclear and ambiguous
How is the ghost presented ambiguously?
‘harrows me with fear and wonder’
‘fair and warlike form’
‘like a guilty thing upon a fearful summons’
