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celebration issomething Hamlet does not agree with; it is too excessive and othercountries look upon the Danes as foolish because of it. The ghost appears and Hamlet, realizing that it does look like his father-the old king-, approaches it and asks that it speak to him. At this point,Hamlet doesn’t know whether or not the ghost is there for good or evilpurposes. The ghost beckons Hamlet. When Hamlet considers going with theghost, Horatio and Marcellus try to dissuade him. They are concerned forhis safety. If the ghost is there for evil purposes, it might lead Hamletto his death. Hamlet forces his way past them and follows the ghost. Thescene ends with Horatio and Marcellus following Hamlet to try and protecthim. Text: Act I, Scene iv—————————————————————————Act I, Scene v:On another part of the platform, the ghost tells Hamlet that he is indeedHamlet’s father and that he was murdered. The ghost asks Hamlet to revengehis ‘most foul, strange, and unnatural murder’ and Hamlet heartily agrees. Hamlet is shocked when the ghost goes on to tell him that he was murderedby his own brother, Claudius. Unlike the story Claudius told the court,that a serpent stung and killed the old king, the ghost tells Hamlet thatduring his afternoon nap in the orchard Claudius crept in and poured poisonin the king’s ear. The ghost goes on to tell Hamlet about how Hamlet’s own mother wasadulterous with Claudius, before the ghost’s death. He alos has Hamletpromise him that he will leave her deeds to be judged and punished by God,and that Hamlet should not take revenge on her himself. The dawn comes,forcing the ghost to return to the hellish underworld he must inhabit,because of the wrongful deeds he did prior to his own death. Hamlet is very angry about the events the ghost told him of, and swearsthat he will remember the ghost and what the ghost asked of him. He alsoswears that he will forget all trivial matters and that his life will befocused on one event, avenging his father’s murder. Horatio and Marcellus find him and Hamlet has them swear that they willreveal to no one the events surrounding the ghost. The ghost calls up frombelow for them to swear when they seem hesistant to do so. Before the sceneends, Hamlet warns his friends that he will put on an ‘antic disposition’for everyone to see. In other words, he will pretend to be crazy until hecan avenge his father’s death. Text: Act I, Scene v—————————————————————————Act II, Scene i:As we find out later in the scene, apparently Hamlet has been following theplan he told Horatio about, putting on an ‘antic disposition.’The scene opens with Polonius sending Reynaldo to Wittenberg to giveLaertes money. Although Reynaldo’s quest at first appears straight-forward,Polonius also gives Reynaldo the added duty of spying on Laertes. BecausePolonius is concerned for his family name, he wants to find out all aboutLaertes’ actions and goings-on. Even though Reynaldo states that he was going to make some discreetinquires into Laertes’ actions, he is shocked when Polonius tells him to dowhatever he can, short of dishonouring Laertes, to find out what Laertes isup to; including making up stories about incidents that didn’t happen inhopes of freeing men’s tongues to tell stories concerning Leartes thatReynaldo may not have heard about. Even though Reynaldo doesn’t agree withPolonius’ way of gathering information, he gives in to Polonius’ request. Ophelia enters as Reynaldo leaves and her father, seeing that she isdistressed, asks her what is troubling her. Ophelia relates a strangeencounter she has just had with Hamlet. He came to see her in completedissarray. His clothes were a mess and his appearance was pale and sickly. She goes on to say that Hamlet grabbed her hand and studied her at armslength. He didn’t say anything, but after a perusal of her face he shookhis head threee times and gave out a wail that was piteous and profound. Hethen dropped her arm and, without taking his eyes off Ophelia, walked outof the room. Polonius, thinking that Hamlet is still madly in love with Ophelia,believes his request for Ophelia to stop seeing Hamlet is the cause of hisrecent apparent madness. He tells Ophelia that they must report thisincident to the King. They leave, after Polonius chastises himself formaking what appears to be a wrong judgement regarding Hamlet’s truefeelings for Ophelia. Text: Act II, Scene i—————————————————————————Act II, Scene ii:The action takes place two months after Hamlet has met with the ghost. Thescene opens with Claudius and Gertrude talking to two of Hamlet’s friends,Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. It seems that Hamlet has been actingstrangely for the past couple of months, and no one is able to find outwhy. Although Gertrude guesses it is because of the death of his father andher overhasty marriage, Claudius is not so sure this is the reason. BecauseClaudius and Gertrude are unable to find out the reason for Hamlet’smadness they send for Rosencrantz and Guildenstern with the hopes that theywill be able to find out the truth. Both gentlemen agree to spy on Hamletto find out the cause of his madness after Gertrude tells them they willgain the king’s money, thanks and recognition. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern leave to find Hamlet. Polonius enters at thesame time as the messengers sent to Norway return with news regardingFortinbras. Polonius tells the King and Queen that he has found out thecause of Hamlet’s madness, and will tell them after they hear the news fromthe messengers. Voltimand and Cornelius enter and report to the king that they met withFortinbras’ uncle and have found a way to stop Fortinbras’ plan to attackDenmark. The uncle, after finding out the true goal of Fortinbras’ army,rebukes Fortinbras for his deeds and tells him to forget this