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