Hamlet's father dies (was murdered) before the play begins so in the first act first scene he appears as a ghost. The ghost appears on the battlements of the castles and is first seen by the sentries up there. It is these men that inform Hamlet of the appearance of his father's ghost.
He tells Horatio to "draw his breath in pain," to tell Hamlet's story.
Hamlet says this in Act I Scene 4 of Hamlet. He is talking to the ghost of his father who up to this point hasn't said a word. Hamlet is trying to figure out how to address him in order to make him speak. If he calls him by his name, Hamlet, will he respond? How about father? King? Royal Dane? Whatever he says, the ghost starts talking right away.
Hamlet - questioning the meaning of life
There are a couple of interpretations of the ghost's motives, the two most common are: A) The Ghost appears to Hamlet because he wants Hamlet to avenge his "murder, Most foul!" B) The Ghost is not an "honest ghost" but rather the devil.
He is a scholar and so probably can speak Latin, although it is Hamlet who actually says a line in Latin ("Hic et ubique")
He tells Horatio to "draw his breath in pain," to tell Hamlet's story.
Hamlet says this in Act I Scene 4 of Hamlet. He is talking to the ghost of his father who up to this point hasn't said a word. Hamlet is trying to figure out how to address him in order to make him speak. If he calls him by his name, Hamlet, will he respond? How about father? King? Royal Dane? Whatever he says, the ghost starts talking right away.
Marcellus thinks that Horatio may know how to speak to a ghost because he is a University Man. I guess Marcellus assumes that's the kind of thing you learn at a University.
Hamlet - questioning the meaning of life
In the exposition of Act 1 Scene 5 in Hamlet, two characters speak: the ghost of King Hamlet and Prince Hamlet. The ghost reveals the circumstances of his death to Hamlet, setting the tone for the rest of the play.
There are a couple of interpretations of the ghost's motives, the two most common are: A) The Ghost appears to Hamlet because he wants Hamlet to avenge his "murder, Most foul!" B) The Ghost is not an "honest ghost" but rather the devil.
He is a scholar and so probably can speak Latin, although it is Hamlet who actually says a line in Latin ("Hic et ubique")
She has asked him to come to her room so she can bawl him out. Instead he is bawling her out. She is upset and she plans to leave so that she can call the guard. "Then I'll set those to you that can speak". But Hamlet won't let her go: "You shall not budge" he says to her. It is suggested that he physically restrains her. She believes he is crazy, remember? So here she is with a certifiable looney physically pinning her to a chair (or a bed in some productions)--why shouldn't she be alarmed and worry that he might do violence to her?
The first speaker is bernardo
Horatio
There are more people than one alive at the end of the play. Fortinbras is still alive, since he delivers the last line. Horatio is usually also still alive (except in one production where Fortinbras had him shot). The English Ambassador (and other ambassadors if any) is still alive. Osric is usually still alive (but not in the Kenneth Branagh film). And of course there are all kinds of characters who are alive offstage--we usually count Rosencrantz and Guildenstern's offstage death, so why not them?
He is a student. "Horatio, thou art a scholar. Speak to it!"