Thurs. Dec. 1, 2016: Hamlet

Today, we began to read Hamlet. If you were not here, there are questions pasted below. You need to read Act 1, scene 1 and Act 1, scene 2 (up to the end of page 12). Submit these questions when you return.

Hamlet: Study Questions: Act I

1.      Why does the Ghost of Hamlet’s father appear but not speak to the officers on sentinel duty?

2.      What do Ghostly apparitions usually portend, according to these witnesses?

3.      What is the content of the dispatches Claudius has sent with Voltemand and Cornelius to the King of Norway?