What strange news does Horatio bring Hamlet?

What strange news does Horatio bring Hamlet?

Hamlet is also upset because his mother married his Uncle very quickly after his father died, less than a month. What news does Horatio bring Hamlet? That he saw the ghost of his father.

Why do the guards tell Horatio about the ghost instead of Hamlet?

Marcellus thinks Horatio should speak to the ghost because he will know what to say to him. He is a “scholar” and is educated. He’s also a great friend of Hamlet. They want to tell young Hamlet that they have seen the ghost of his father.

Why does Shakespeare make Horatio in the ghost?

Horatio believes that the ghost is just their imagination and Bernardo wants him to see it again (to make him believe it is real) and talk to it. -He is a close friend of Hamlet. He believes the ghost is a bad omen, and knows a lot about the history between Norway and Denmark.

Why is Hamlet so angry with his mother?

At first, Hamlet is angry with Gertrude, his mother, because she married Claudius, the newly-crowned king (who was Hamlet’s father’s brother) too soon after the death of his father (the late king). Furthermore, the ghost charges, Claudius and Gertrude were having an adulterous affair at the time. This enrages Hamlet.

What does Horatio compare the coming of the Ghost to?

Horatio in particular sees the ghost as an ill omen boding violence and turmoil in Denmark’s future, comparing it to the supernatural omens that supposedly presaged the assassination of Julius Caesar in ancient Rome (and which Shakespeare had recently represented in Julius Caesar).

What does Hamlet say when he first hears about the ghost?

What does Hamlet say when he first hears about the ghost? He wants to talk to it.

How does Hamlet react to his father’s ghost?

Hamlet is appalled at the revelation that his father has been murdered, and the ghost tells him that as he slept in his garden, a villain poured poison into his ear—the very villain who now wears his crown, Claudius. Intensely moved, Hamlet swears to remember and obey the ghost.