Hamlet attends the watch with them and the ghost appears, informing Hamlet that he was murdered by Claudius, who then set about winning Gertrude’s affections. Hamlet is informed by his trusted friend Horatio, as well as by soldiers who keep watch during the night, that his father’s ghost has appeared on the battlements of Elsinore castle. Norwegian Prince Fortinbras poses yet another threat to the general peace as he prepares to invade Denmark. Adding to his despair is the hasty remarriage of his mother, Gertrude, to his Uncle Claudius, who has seized the Danish throne. Prince Hamlet of Denmark has been hastily summoned from his studies at Wittenberg to the Danish courts at Elsinore where he deeply mourns the recent death of his father, the king.
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