Shakespeare / hamlet

Act 1 scene 1 in Shakespeare's play of hamlet is set in a castle in Denmark. It is cold because it is winter and pitch black. There are three characters named Bernardo , Horatio and Marcellous. Horatio isn't normally there as he is not a guard but Marcellous and Bernardo are. Horatio is here because the two guards think they have seen a ghost but Horatio doesn't believe them. However they see the ghost at the exact same time as the saw it the other two nights they did. They realise that it looks like the dead king of Denmark and speak to it. It goes away for abit but returns later. They try and get it to speak too them. As it won't speak to them Marcellous threatens to hit it with a spear. It is about to say something when the rooster crowed and it disappeared. They decide that they have to tell hamlet the dead kings son prince of Denmark about this ghost that looks like his dad...

Shakespeare phrases carried on today.

a fools paradise
a dish fit for the gods
a sorry sight
all of a sudden
exceedingly well read
fair play
good riddance
in a pickle
vanish into thin air