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  1. Summary: Act I, scene ii. The morning after Horatio and the guardsmen see the ghost, King Claudius gives a speech to his courtiers, explaining his recent marriage to Gertrude, his brother’s widow and the mother of Prince Hamlet. Claudius says that he mourns his brother but has chosen to balance Denmark’s mourning with the delight of his ...

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  2. Analysis. Inside the walls of Elsinore, Claudius —the new king of Denmark—is holding court. With him are his new wife Gertrude, Hamlet’s mother and the queen; Hamlet himself; Claudius’s councilor Polonius; Polonius’s children Laertes and Ophelia; and several members of court. Claudius delivers a long monologue in which he laments the ...

  3. Jun 2, 2020 · The Ghost, in the form of the late King Hamlet of Denmark, appears but will not speak. Horatio decides to tell his fellow student, Prince Hamlet, about the Ghost’s appearance. Act 1, scene 2 In an audience chamber in Elsinore, Claudius, the new king of Denmark, holds court. After thanking his courtiers for their recent support, he dispatches ...

  4. Act 2 scene 1 Polonius employs a servant to travel to Paris and spy on his son, Laertes. Polonius then learns that Hamlet has been behaving oddly towards Ophelia and has been physically rough with her. Polonius claims 'This is the very ecstasy of love, / Whose violent property fordoes itself / And leads the will to desperate undertakings'.

  5. Summary. Claudius holds court at Elsinore and thanks everyone for their support through the kingdom's recent events: the death and funeral of his brother, King Hamlet, and Claudius's subsequent marriage to Gertrude. Claudius then turns to the matter of young Fortinbras of Norway, giving everyone the latest information on the warlike young man's ...

  6. Act 1, Scene 2. Also check out our detailed summary & analysis of this scene. Original. Translation. CLAUDIUS, the king of Denmark, enters, as do GERTRUDE the queen, HAMLET, POLONIUS, POLONIUS ’s son LAERTES and daughter OPHELIA, and LORDS of Claudius’s court. King CLAUDIUS of Denmark; Queen GERTRUDE; HAMLET; POLONIUS; POLONIUS ’ son ...

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  8. Jun 16, 2024 · Summary of Hamlet's First Soliloquy. Hamlet refers to the world as an ‘unweeded garden,’ in which rank and gross things grow in abundance. He bemoans the fact that he cannot commit suicide and explains in lines 335-336 that "self-slaughter" is not an option because it is forbidden by God. In the first two lines of the soliloquy, he wishes ...

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