Hamlet--Act+1

1. Who are Bernardo, Francisco, Horatio, and Marcellus and what's bothering them--other than the cold? 2. What do they see? At what hour? What's the problem with this apparition? 3. Why, exactly, are these men standing watch? 4. What do the men propose to do about the apparition? 5. Who is introduced in scene 2? How are all the people related? 6. Why is Claudius less than happy with Hamlet? What does he refuse Hamlet? Why? 7. What do you learn about Hamlet in his first soliloquy? 8. What news does Horatio impart to Hamlet? 9. What advice does Laertes give Ophelia? 10. What advice does Polonius give Laertes? Ophelia? 11. What happens in scene 4? How does Hamlet react? 12. What advice do Horatio and the others give Hamlet? With what result? 13. What does the ghost tell Hamlet about: 1) Gertrude 2) Claudius ? 14. What does the ghost ask of Hamlet? What is Hamlet's answer? 15. How does Hamlet propose to act to allay suspicion from himself?