Here's a run down of today's events:
Setting: It's night time outside Elsinore Castle in Denmark.
Francisco is on guard duty and Bernado comes to relieve him. Shortly after Bernardo is then joined by Marcellus, another watchman, as well as Horatio who happens to be a friend of Prince Hamlet.
Horatio is there because Marcellus and Bernado have been trying to convince him in joining them on guard duty, so that he can see the supposed ghost that appears. Horatio is skeptical over the whole idea of there being a ghost.
| MARCELLUS | Horatio says 'tis but our fantasy, | |
| And will not let belief take hold of him | ||
| Touching this dreaded sight, twice seen of us: | ||
| Therefore I have entreated him along | ||
| With us to watch the minutes of this night; | 35 | |
| That if again this apparition come, | ||
| He may approve our eyes and speak to it. | ||
| HORATIO | Tush, tush, 'twill not appear. |
With Horatio being a skeptic he decides to wait and the the ghost does appear and but then vanishes. Horatio the skeptic then agrees that the ghost does resemble the recently deceased King even citing that the ghost was wearing the king's armour.
The ghost then materializes again and doesn't respond to Horatio talking to it and then it disappears as the "cock" (its a bird) crew signalling morning. Horatio then says they should tell Prince Hamlet because he believes that the ghost is indeed the deceased king and that it would definitely speak with to his son.
The post said to add my own comments:
Well I wasn't very engaged in the reading considering that I lacked a book so I found this to be useful:
"Normal" people English right next to the stuff we have to read.
The post said to add my own comments:
Well I wasn't very engaged in the reading considering that I lacked a book so I found this to be useful:
"Normal" people English right next to the stuff we have to read.
Also, my 2 part question is really to Mr. Pierce or to someone who remembers.
What were the characters who aren't main characters that just serve one purpose called and are Bernardo, Francisco and Marcellus part of that group?
"As always, participation here will count toward your oral language grade."
Duly Noted.
What were the characters who aren't main characters that just serve one purpose called and are Bernardo, Francisco and Marcellus part of that group?
"As always, participation here will count toward your oral language grade."
Duly Noted.
Wow, I can't even begin to fathom the progress that each and every student in the class would make if this calibre of effort was made on a regular basis. Forget marks for a minute. Imagine how well we'd know our literature and how much our writing skills would accelerate. Nice work, Keenan.
ReplyDeleteYes, Bernardo, Francisco and Marcellus are only there in Act. 1 to bring news to Hamlet of his father's ghost. They appear slightly later in the film version we'll look at, but that is the director taking some creative license with the play.
As far as what they are called is concerned, I'm not sure I could suggest anything more suitable than just 'minor' characters. They're not exactly "stock", "flat" or "one-dimensional" so I'm going to stick with 'minor'.