Scene 1
Setting: Winter, Midnight, Castle Walls
Characters: Horatio, Barnado, Marcellus, Fransico, and Ghost
Fortinbras: Son of the Old King Fortinbras; he is the newphew of the current king. He is Hamelet's age, and looking to revenge his father's death. His name means to fortify (Fortinabras, Hamlet, Laertes).
Scene 2
Claudius/Gertrude's Marriage: 1st speech Claudius justifies his marriage to Gertrude; Claudius marries Gertrude quickly
Hamlet's Soliloquy # 1 pg. 14: 1) Hamlet wishes he could commit suicide that life would end; he sees no value in the world. 2) Garden metaphor set- up. 3) His father is dead; his uncle is nothing compared to him; and he berates his mother for marrying his uncle so quickly.
Garden Metaphor: Garden of Eden? Fall of Man? Or Denmark?
Scene 3
- Ophelia, she is a flower in the garden (Laertes warms her the "canker galls the infants of the spring".)
Laertes/Polonius: Both give advice to Ophelia
Scene 4
- Claudius is the Serpent in the garden (who seduces Eve and kills Adam)
Plot Outline:
Inciting Event:
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