FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
HAMLET
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Question
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Horatio
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Fortinbras
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Claudius
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Ghost
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Detailed explanation-1: -When the ghost claims that “the serpent that did sting thy father’s life now wears his crown.” This seems a direct reference to the snake in the garden of Eden, that caused Adam and Eve’s fall from grace. SARAH: Well, of course, Ralph-after all, King Hamlet was sleeping in a garden.
Detailed explanation-2: -Claudius is the Serpent People believed that the serpent in the garden was trying to bring true wisdom and divinity to Adam and Eve, like those believing that Claudius is a great king.
Detailed explanation-3: -Horatio, Barnardo, and Marcellus arrive and tell Hamlet about the Ghost. Hamlet makes plans to join them that night.
Detailed explanation-4: -GHOST: ‘Tis given out that, sleeping in my orchard, a serpent stung me. So the whole of Denmark, by a forged process of my death, is rankly abused. But know, thou noble youth, the serpent that did sting thy father’s life now wears his crown. HAMLET: O my prophetic soul!
Detailed explanation-5: -Unhand me, gentlemen. By heaven, I’ll make a ghost of him that lets me! I say, away! Go on; I’ll follow thee.