Question

Read the excerpt from Hamlet, Act I, Scene i. What is the effect of this dialogue?

Answer 1

Answer:

The effect that the above dialogue gives is that:

A. It creates an air of suspense in the plot.

Act 1 Scene 1 takes place outside Elsinore Castle in Denmark in a cold winter night. Bernardo, Marcellus, and Horatio are seen conversing with each other about the unusual thing that they have been witnessing since the last two nights. Bernardo and Marcellus claimed that they have seen the ghost of the dead king and plans to show the ghost to Horatio as well. Horatio is a skeptic in nature and when he also witnesses the ghost he believes that something uncertain will be coming to Denmark. This scene actively participates in providing suspense to the plot of the play “Hamlet.”

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