Hamlet Act 1 Scene 1

• Bernardo comes to relieve Francisco of his watch at the castle platform
• Francisco leaves and Horatio and Marcellus enter
• Bernardo tells Horatio of the apparition he had seen the night before
• The apparition appears and they think it is the ghost of the recently dead king Hamlet (senior)
• The ghost will not speak to them so Horatio wants to tell Hamlet (junior) they saw his father's ghost and they think it is a bad omen
• They hope the ghost will speak to Hamlet (junior)