Hamlet Act 1 Scene 1

Hamlet Act I Scene 1

By Thomas Scheip

Setting

The play opens on the ramparts (or battlements) of Elsinore.

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Ramparts = defensive castle walls.

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Elsinore​ is a city in Denmark.

Multiple Choice

What does "apparition" mean?

• a medieval army

• a ghost or ghostlike image

• a creature that resembles a wolf

Draw

Draw the "apparition."

Open Ended

Why does Denmark prepare for war?

"The graves stood tenantless, and the sheeted dead did squeak and gibber in the Roman streets"

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Horatio's lines 120-130