چکیده (انگلیسی):

Shakespeare’s Hamlet ominously begins with Horatio and Marcellus discussing
the appearance of a ghostly apparition that strangely resembles the King of Denmark.
As the play unfolds, we learn that it is, in fact, the ghost of Hamlet Sr., the King of
Denmark. Immediately, the play begins with a sense of foreboding danger for all of
those involved who have a direct connection with his son Hamlet, the prince of
Denmark, with the exception of Horatio, Marcellus, and Fortinbras, Hamlet’s closest
friends.
After his initial attempt to communicate with the ghost, Horatio is the only
one who is aware of this foreboding danger when he states: “In what particular
thought to work I know not/But in the gross and scope of my opinion/This bodes
some strange eruption to our state” (Hamlet 1.1.66-68). Even though he has this
sense of forewarning, Horatio consciously understands that he must tell Hamlet, the
prince of Denmark, that he has seen the apparition of Hamlet’s deceased father.
However, even before Hamlet’s own encounter with his dead father’s ghost, he
experiences conflict with himself and those around him. He expresses resentment
towards his mother Gertrude and displays a passive aggressive anger towards
Claudius, the brother of his dead father. When Horatio tells Hamlet, that he has seen
the ghostly vision of the King of Denmark, Hamlet exhibits no fear. Horatio,
however, is fearful. When the ghost appears to Hamlet, Horatio, and Marcellus,
Hamlet follows the ghost in an effort to speak to his dead father. Instead, Horatio
stands back and says: