Hamlet

Act 1 Scene 1 offers little to establish or develop the plot.

Act 1 Scene 1 offers little to establish or develop the plot. Why was this included?

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Act one scene one is used to grab the attention of the Elizabethan audience. The audience would have really believed in ghosts, the afterlife, and a literal Heaven, Hell, purgatory...Once the audience is hooked, Horatio begins to brief the other characters on the backstory.