Hamlet 1.5

1. In this scene, Hamlet is alone with his father's ghost. The ghost speaks to him, even though he refuses to speak in front of the guards. The father tells Hamlet he was murdered by the uncle, his own brother. He tells Hamlet he must get revenge on the uncle for him, and even though his widow has remarried his brother, he tells Hamlet to leave her for Heaven to judge. After the ghost has left, Hamlet swears he will get revenge on the uncle, and is quite excited about it. Horatio and Marcellus find Hamlet after the ghost has left, and Hamlet makes them swear to not tell anyone of what they have seen that night. He asks them to swear a couple times before the ghost also chimes in and commands them to swear a couple times. The men swear and Hamlet tells the men they should return with their "fingers on their lips."

2. The significance of this scene is that Hamlet has seen his father's ghost and now knows he must take revenge on his uncle for killing his father and marrying his widowed mother.

4. Hamlet says "There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy." This line explains Hamlets faith in God versus the faith in reasoning, which correlates to the action of the scene since he has just seen his father's ghost. While he could choose to believe in reasoning and think that he is just imagining things, he chooses to believe he is really visited by his father's ghost and is meant to get revenge on his uncle.