ENGL 1080 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Polonius, Pangs

• School: Memorial University
• Department: English
• Course: ENGL 1080
• Professor: Katrina Thoranison

Document Summary

Hamlet and the ghost are in the darkness: the ghost speaks to hamlet, ghost (cid:272)lai(cid:373)s to (cid:271)e his fathe(cid:396)"s spi(cid:396)it (cid:449)ho has (cid:272)o(cid:373)e to (cid:396)ouse ha(cid:373)let to (cid:396)e(cid:448)e(cid:374)ge his death. Hamlet is angered that his father was murdered: ghost tells him that as he slept in his garden, a villain poured poison into his ear. Ha(cid:373)let"s (cid:449)o(cid:396)st fea(cid:396)s a(cid:271)out his u(cid:374)(cid:272)le (cid:272)a(cid:373)e t(cid:396)ue: (cid:862)o (cid:373)y p(cid:396)opheti(cid:272) soul! (cid:863) The ghost wants hamlet to seek revenge: says that claudius has corrupted denmark and corrupted gertrude, having taken her from the love of her first marriage and seducing her into their incestual relationship. Ghost wants hamlet not to act against his mother: tells he(cid:396) to (cid:862)lea(cid:448)e he(cid:396) to hea(cid:448)e(cid:374)(cid:863) a(cid:374)d to the pa(cid:374)gs of he(cid:396) o(cid:449)(cid:374) (cid:272)o(cid:374)s(cid:272)ious. Hamlet swears to remember and obey the ghost. Horatio and marcellus arrive at the scene: they ask hamlet what happened. Ha(cid:373)let (cid:449)ho is sho(cid:272)ked a(cid:374)d agitated, he does(cid:374)"t tell them.