Question: Help with Hamlet: Act I!?
1!.Why have Marcellus and Bernardo invited Horatio to join them on their watch!?
2!.Who is Laertes, and what request does he make of the king!?
3!.How does Hamlet feel about his mother and why!?
4!.Briefly describe the murder of the king, as told to Hamlet by the ghost!.
5!.What are the ghost's instructions regarding the queen!?
Who said it, and what is he/she talking about!? !.!.!.!.!.
6!."!.!.!.Fear it, my dear sister,
And keep you in the rear of your affection,
Out of the shot of danger and desire!."
7!."The serpent that did sting thy father's life
Now wears his crown!."
8!."!.!.!.meet it is I set it down
That one may smile, and smile, and be a villain!.
At least I am sure it may be so in DenmarkWww@QuestionHome@Com
Best Answer - Chosen by Asker:
1!. They are friends, and they want to show Horatio odd things!.
2!. Laertes is the son of Polonius and brother of Ophelia!. He wants to go to France!. (I think it was France)
3!. Hamlet loved his mother until she married his uncle, her former brother-in-law, a month after his father died!.
4!. Like a serpent's sting!.!.!. He was murdered by his own brother during a battle to hide the deed!.
5!. 'Leave the Queen unharmed, safe!.'
6!. I think it's Laertes to Ophelia, regarding love declared by Hamlet!.
7!. The ghost, King Hamlet, telling his son Hamlet who killed him = the current King Claudius!.
8!. !? Perhaps Polonius, wondering about the goings-on around him!. !?
I haven't read this act since yesterday, so don't trust my answers!. Try this site and read the clear font of the first Act, only five scenes!.!.!.
http://www!.shakespeare!.com
Click on Read Shakeseare's Plays, in gray under Study Shakespeare!.!.!. then on the gray link for Hamlet, where you should see side-by-side text to help you out!. (I'm not sure, because I pay membership dues and see more than others might, though I KNOW you can read the regular play at this site!.)Www@QuestionHome@Com
I will spot you three answers!. The rest are very easy!. 3) Hamlet is darn mad at his mother for marrying her brother in law the day of her husband's funeral!. 4) The ghost describes having poison poured into his ear by his brother!. 7) The "serpent" is Claudius!. Pax-C The rest, I am sure, is your homework!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
You need to do your homework!. Sorry!. :(Www@QuestionHome@Com