Please answer the following questions before coming to class. You do not need to use complete sentences, but make sure your responses are thoughtful and complete.
A Close Look at Act I Scene 1
A Close Look at Act I Scene 1
- How does the opening dialogue make the audience aware of the time, place, and emotional atmosphere of the play? Use evidence from the text to support your answer.
- How do the sentries seem to feel? How do you know?
- How does Horatio’s attitude toward the ghost change as the scene progresses? Use evidence to support your answer.
- What does Horatio tell the other characters about the social/political climate of the play?
- What stage direction or off stage effect happens at the end of line 39?
- What is the mood (characters’ emotions or the emotions of the audience) in this scene?