
Hamlet comes up with a plan he will pretend to have gone mad and he swears Horatio to secrecy, but he is secretly worried that the ghost might not be giving him reliable information.

Hamlet agrees immediately and the ghost vanishes. The ghost of King Hamlet appears to the prince that evening on the rampart he tells his son that he was murdered by Claudius, and he asks his son to avenge his death. Laertes orders her to rebuff any advances that the prince might make. Polonius' son, Laertes, has received permission from Claudius to go to school in France, but before he leaves his sister Ophelia tells him that she has feelings for Hamlet. He learns from Horatio that whilst at the castle of Elsinore, his father's ghost had appeared to them, and he vows to see the ghost himself. Hamlet is in despair and feels his mother has betrayed both his father and himself. He refuses to allow him to return to school in Wittenberg. The court gathers the next day and King Claudius chastises Hamlet for continuing to grieve for his father. Prince Fortinbras, the dead king's son, is rumored to be planning an attack. The death of the monarch has come at a time of great fear in Denmark King Hamlet had defeated King Fortinbras of Norway in battle some years ago, but the countries were rarely at peace and a Norwegian invasion was a constant threat. He is not coping well with his father's death. Prince Hamlet's father, King Hamlet of Denmark, has recently passed away and the throne taken by Hamlet's uncle, Claudius, who has also married his dead brother's wife, Gertrude, with a speed that has deeply upset Hamlet. We are thankful for their contributions and encourage you to make your own. Helena and I made our peace years and years ago.These notes were contributed by members of the GradeSaver community. It’s pointless,” the Late Night star said at the time. “You can’t hold on to anything like that. Thompson, for her part, used the exact same phrase - “all blood under the bridge” - when speaking about the affair in a November 2013 interview with the U.K.’s Sunday Times.


“You know, Ken avoided directing me once we were together because it can be complicated and I think he didn’t want - anyway, that’s all blood under the bridge.” “Did I work with Ken? I can’t remember anything, although there’s a reason the memory goes,” the Enola Holmes star told The Guardian in October 2020. The Fight Club actress later said she “didn’t really live with” the Hamlet director during their romance. As my mother says, ‘The first 20 years are the hardest.’”Īfter his split from Thompson, Branagh dated Bonham Carter until 1999. Wise “picked up the pieces and put them back together,” Thompson told The New Yorker, adding: “I’ve learned more from my second marriage just by being married.
