Soldiers Quotes
Soldiers: Francisco, Barnardo, Marcellus
Quote Exemplification
Barnardo: “Who’s there?” Establishes an atmosphere of
paranoia – a suspicion of a threat
and a question of identity
Francisco: “Nay, answer me. Stand Unfold = normally applied to cloth
and unfold yourself.” or otherwise inanimate and yet
here applied to human beings
Fransisco: “I think I hear them. – Maynard Mack, 1952: “Hamlets
stand ho! Who is there?” world is pre-eminently in the
interrogative mood” – seen in the
frequency and aggressive tone of
these short, urgent questions
Marcellus: “Touching this dreaded Synaesthesia – indicates the
sight twice seen of us.” tension and confusion within the
scene
Barnardo: “that are so fortified ‘Fortified’ – military/siege imagery,
against out story” Horatio’s defending his better
opinion (shows scholar
characterisation)
Act 1 Scene 1: “Ghost exits” It’s unclear whether the ghost
cannot be healed, or is choosing
not to speak. Shakespeare
deliberately keeps it ambiguous:
later on, only hamlet hears him,
even when Gertrude is in the same
room in Act 3 scene 5
Marcellus: “is it not like the King?” Less confident that Horatio, he is
questioning as if he lacks the
intelligent to make the convictions
and is insecure in his perception of
the ghost, although its also a lack
of belief almost and he’s still
loosely denying the ghost by asking
Marcellus: “Does not divide the Metaphor, shows they are working
Sunday from the week” everyday of the week
Marcellus: “Doth make the night Marcellus users this metaphor to
joint-labourer with the day?” explain the difference between day
and night – shows unnaturalness
day and night are opposite
Act 1 Scene 1: Enter Ghost Coleridge, 1818” the play is about
the importance of “an equilibrium
between the real and the imaginary
worlds” – contrast – nature is at an
imbalance with the presence of the
ghost – the characters are
Soldiers: Francisco, Barnardo, Marcellus
Quote Exemplification
Barnardo: “Who’s there?” Establishes an atmosphere of
paranoia – a suspicion of a threat
and a question of identity
Francisco: “Nay, answer me. Stand Unfold = normally applied to cloth
and unfold yourself.” or otherwise inanimate and yet
here applied to human beings
Fransisco: “I think I hear them. – Maynard Mack, 1952: “Hamlets
stand ho! Who is there?” world is pre-eminently in the
interrogative mood” – seen in the
frequency and aggressive tone of
these short, urgent questions
Marcellus: “Touching this dreaded Synaesthesia – indicates the
sight twice seen of us.” tension and confusion within the
scene
Barnardo: “that are so fortified ‘Fortified’ – military/siege imagery,
against out story” Horatio’s defending his better
opinion (shows scholar
characterisation)
Act 1 Scene 1: “Ghost exits” It’s unclear whether the ghost
cannot be healed, or is choosing
not to speak. Shakespeare
deliberately keeps it ambiguous:
later on, only hamlet hears him,
even when Gertrude is in the same
room in Act 3 scene 5
Marcellus: “is it not like the King?” Less confident that Horatio, he is
questioning as if he lacks the
intelligent to make the convictions
and is insecure in his perception of
the ghost, although its also a lack
of belief almost and he’s still
loosely denying the ghost by asking
Marcellus: “Does not divide the Metaphor, shows they are working
Sunday from the week” everyday of the week
Marcellus: “Doth make the night Marcellus users this metaphor to
joint-labourer with the day?” explain the difference between day
and night – shows unnaturalness
day and night are opposite
Act 1 Scene 1: Enter Ghost Coleridge, 1818” the play is about
the importance of “an equilibrium
between the real and the imaginary
worlds” – contrast – nature is at an
imbalance with the presence of the
ghost – the characters are
