Hamlet; the Noir Adaption 2023 Act 1 Subscene 3

 Act One Scene One

Sub-Scene Three

The Ghost

Horatio recalled when he was younger, then of the age when Sunday’s School was a weekly event, he sat there with the other kids listening to the pastor.

“The Bible says in Job 7:9-10, NKJV.  the cloud disappears and vanishes away, so he who goes down to the grave does not come up. He shall never return to his house, nor shall his place know him anymore. If people die with unfinished business to care for, do they become ghosts and haunt the places and people they knew in life? It’s in the Bible, Psalm 146:4, ESV. When his breath departs, he returns to the earth; on that very day his plans perish.” https://www.bibleinfo.com/en/topics/ghosts.

“Do good people become angels when they die, Padre?” Horatio had asked. “My papa died last week.”

“No, my son. They become spirits. They cannot harm you.” Horatio was told then. Ever since then, Horation had never feared the dead. He told himself that they are spirits and could not harm him.

“Speak to it. Thou art a scholar. Speak to it, Horatio.” Marcellus called to his brother.

“He does look like the King,” Barnado remarked on the likeness to the King. The apparition did have a lot of resemblance to the dead King. It was dressed in a similar design to the bathrobe of the King with the expression of the eccentric King.

“More like. It harrows me with fear, and wonder.” Horatio for once in his life was a ghostly feeling.

“Could it be that the ……. King may want to tell us something?” Barnardo asked. He had served the King, for many years, and hardly seen the King inviting them to speak. It was more of the King speaking then.

“Question it, Horatio?’ Marcellus pushed Horation to the fore.

 “What are you, that you walk …. out so late at night, looking ….. like the dead king of Denmark when he dressed for bed? By God, I order you to speak.” Horatio voiced out part of his sentence in a stammer.

Denmark was the name of the estate where the castle was situated. Why Denmark was asked by many new servants.d the reply was that the King first acted in the play Denmark where he was portrayed as the King. He had since adopted the name for the estate. And himself the King Hamlet of Denmark.

The ghost turned to look at Horatio with the expression familiar to them when glared at by the dead Kinh.

“He looked offended.” Marcellus considered the ghost as the old King.

“It’s not him. It’s a ghost.” Horatio corrected the other.

“It’s a ghost,” Horatio repeated himself. He reinforce his faith in courage but his body trembled then. “May God protects me.”

“It leaves,” Marcellus called out.