Hamlet is feeling anxious about if he will encounter his father's spirit at night but then he tells himself "Till then sit still, my soul,"because he needs to stay calm. He's still unsure if what he's seen is the spirit of his dead father. Hamlet also forebodes that something bad is going to happen and that someone is trying to hide the truth behind his father's death.

1. Hamlet's speech is a soliloquy because he confesses how he feels about what is happening alone out loud.

2.Hamlet despises his mother for getting remarried to his uncle Claudius. Hamlet feels like she hasn't mourned his father's death long enough and is getting married too soon. Also, Claudius tells Hamlet that he needs to stop mourning his father and that he needs to realize that Claudius is his new father. Hamlet is disturbed about what is all happening. It shows that Hamlet has to hold in all of his emotions and "break, [His] heart, for [He] must hold [His] tongue."

1. Horatio, Barnardo, and Marcellus talk about how the ghost's appearance might be an omen that something bad is going to happen. Marcellus wonders why their country is getting prepared for battle. Horatio explains that King Hamlet was dared to battle King Fortinbras. When King Fortinbras was killed, he was forced to give up all of his territories to King Hamlet. Now, Fortinbras (Jr.) wants to fight to win back all the lost territories and get revenge for the death of his father.

2. E.G. Inverted Syntax on Lines 127-128: "If thou hast any sound or use of voice, Speak to me."

Hamlet Harbinger Question

1.The sightings of the king's ghost are a harbinger because it is foreshadowing that something bad is coming or going to happen.
2.The sightings of the king's ghost is a harbinger of revenge .