Hamlet: Act I, Scene I

• There's a change in guard; Bernardo relieves Franciso of his post
•  Horatio and Marcellus enter the scene to accompany Bernardo 
• The three talk about something that has been lurking around

•  "What, has this thing appear'd again to-night?" 

•  "That if again this apparition come..."

• They've seen the "apparition" for the past two nights 
• Ghost enters the scene; he appears to look like the old king 
• They make Marcellus talk to the Ghost but it disappears
• The three talk about the similarities of the Ghost and the old king

• Ghost wearing the same armor that the king wore during combat
• Horatio tells the story of Fortinbras of Norway 
• Hamlet, the old king, slays Fortinbras of Norway; Fortinbras wants to take back the land from Hamlet  

• Ghost re-enters the scene; Horatio tells the "illusion" to speak, but the Ghost remains silent
• Bernardo thinks that the Ghost would've answered back if the crow hadn't croaked thus scaring it away
• The three want to tell Prince Hamlet all that has occurred