HAMLET ACT I SCENE II

• Claudius begins as appearing sorry and mournful for his brother's death.
• Yet says that we should not forget about ourselves and continue our lives but to keep him in our memories .
• He mentions how the kingdom has been brought together do to him marrying his sister in law.
• He tries to get everybody to unite against a common enemy, young Fortinbras.
• Claudius gives priority to Laertes and allows him to go to France to study,but denies Hamlet that right; instead he tell's him it's best if he stays there.
• Hamlet's first line,"[Aside] A little more than kin, and less than kind."
• Claudius tells Hamlet that it is very "sweet" and " commendable that he is still mourning his father but it is "unmanly grief", and that he should get over it. (as nicely as possible)
• After everyone leaves Hamlet unleashes his true feelings toward his mother and uncles's wedding. He accuses his mother of not mourning enough and from going from one bed to the other, because it was only a month after his father's death that she decided to marry again. He feels very upset and angry.
• Horatio, Marcellus, and Bernardo enter and tell him that they saw a ghost that appeared to be his father.
• Hamlet interrogates them of what they saw and easily believes them. He decides to go tomorrow in hope of seeing the ghost.