Hamlet Models

The sword is to represent Hamlet killing his uncle, the bottle is to represent the bottle of ear poison and the spear is the spear the watchmen tried to hit the ghost with.

Act 1 Scene 1

In act 1 scene 1 there are 3 watchmen and a man called Horatio who is a close friend of Hamlet’s. In the beginning the watchmen claim they have seen a ghost that looks like the recently dead king they bring the man called Horatio on the watch to prove they are not making it up and when the ghost appears Horatio tries to talk to it they thought the ghost was about to but as it was about to a rooster crowed and the ghost flees.

Phrases that wouldn't exist without Wiliam Sheakspear

• A laughing stock (The Merry Wives of Windsor)
• A sorry sight (Macbeth)
• As dead as a doornail (Henry VI)
• Eaten out of house and home (Henry V, Part 2)
• Fair play (The Tempest)