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    The supernatural apparition of King Hamlet's ghost on a cold, misty night in Denmark indicates that something is wrong. The ghost emerges from the dark intermittently, trying to reach or talk to someone, possibly because he is angry about the transfer of power in Denmark. Of the four characters who see the ghost in Scene 1, the author empathizes most with Horatio, who seems the most outgoing and helps set the plot by speaking to the ghost, foreshadowing the ominous events to come.

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    The supernatural apparition of King Hamlet's ghost on a cold, misty night in Denmark indicates that something is wrong. The ghost emerges from the dark intermittently, trying to reach or talk to someone, possibly because he is angry about the transfer of power in Denmark. Of the four characters who see the ghost in Scene 1, the author empathizes most with Horatio, who seems the most outgoing and helps set the plot by speaking to the ghost, foreshadowing the ominous events to come.

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    Hamlet Act1, Scene1

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    The supernatural apparition of King Hamlet's ghost on a cold, misty night in Denmark indicates that something is wrong. The ghost emerges from the dark intermittently, trying to reach or talk to someone, possibly because he is angry about the transfer of power in Denmark. Of the four characters who see the ghost in Scene 1, the author empathizes most with Horatio, who seems the most outgoing and helps set the plot by speaking to the ghost, foreshadowing the ominous events to come.

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    Mairon Brandwajn

    Mrs. Morris

    Orange – English 12 H.

    15 November 2004

    Review Scene 4, Hamlet, Prince of Denmark

    I think that the supernatural apparition of the ghost of King Hamlet on a cold,

    misty night indicates that something is wrong in Denmark. The grandiose, mysterious

    phantom emerges from the dark intermittently; therefore, I believe that he is trying to

    reach or talk to someone. Maybe he is angry with the transfer of power in Denmark. Of

    the four characters in Scene 1, I empathized with Horatio the most. He seems to be the

    most outgoing and defying of the four and helps set the plot of the play by speaking to the

    ghost, which foreshadows the ominous plot of the play. In Elizabethan theatre, the

    superstitious characters were not to speak to ghosts for they brought bad fortune. I

    believe that since ghosts are used in horror movies as scary creatures, King Hamlet’s

    ghost functions as a kind of foreshadowing that implies tragedy.

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