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\nFrom the outset, Shakespeare establishes a tense and eerie atmosphere in \"Hamlet,\" beginning with the guards' encounter with a ghostly apparition at Elsinore Castle. The soldiers, unnerved by repeated sightings, invite Horatio, an...\n
From the outset, Shakespeare establishes a tense and eerie atmosphere in \"Hamlet,\" beginning with the guards' encounter with a ghostly apparition at Elsinore Castle. The soldiers, unnerved by repeated sightings, invite Horatio, an educated scholar, in hopes he can communicate with or exorcise the spirit. When Horatio attempts to converse with the ghost but uses language that inadvertently insults it, the ghost retreats, raising questions about its identity and intentions. Horatio's use of language, particularly the word \"usurp\" and the pronoun \"thou,\" offends the apparition, hinting at its royal identity and setting the stage for the unfolding drama.\n
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2:16
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6th - Higher Ed
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English Language Arts
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2017
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English
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hamlet, time, night, speak
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horatio, ghost in hamlet, shakespeare plays, shakespeare studies, seeing ghosts in hamlet, supernatural elements in shakespeare, opening line, art thou, charge thee, dead king, form, spirit, image, shakespeare, king, word, fright, play, soldier, bernardo, coming, call, challenge, ghost, insulted, heaven
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