Hamlet Act 1

In act 1, there was a lot of set up. We find out that Claudius killed the king with ear poison while he was taking a nap in his garden, people think it was a snake that killed him, hamlet is called on to talk to the ghost who makes him want revenge, he makes his friends swear secrecy to what they have seen, hamlet is depressed and angry and wants to go back to school, Claudius married his sister in law a month after his brother died, Laertes and Polonius tell Ophelia not to love or talk to Hamlet, and everybody gives great speeches/ soliloquies.What i notices was the way it was written. Shakespeare managed to say what he wanted to say with the words of the characters and the tone, sound, and flow of those words. He had such control over the emotions and flow and attention, and all the while he managed to say what he needed to say. During Hamlet's parlay with the ghost, Shakespeare slowed the flow down, introduced sibilance and cacophony, and used emphatic words that made me sympathize with the king. On the next page, Hamlet's back and forth with Horatio and the other guy made me laugh because of their words, the emphasized words, and their quick, witty flow. Shakespeare had complete control over his words, and he used it well