HAMLET
QUESTIONS ON EVERY SCENE:
Act 1, Scene 1
1. Who are the characters who appear in this scene?
2. Explain their relationships to one another.
3. Explain the vital importance of this scene.
4. How is it apparent that Barnardo is nervous?
5. How many times has the ghost appeared?
6. When the ghost appears, it is armed. What does this signify?
7. Who is young Fortinbras? Why is he threatening to attack Denmark?
8. What does Marcellus mean when he says, "the night is joint-labourer with the day"? What is
the cause of all this labour?
9. Why does Horatio say he will cross the ghost?
10. What do the three men decide to do about their experience and why?
