Good evening and welcome back to another episode of Brush Up Your Shakespeare, where we make

Shakespeare fun and easy, the way it was always meant to be. We are in Hamlet Act 1, Scene 5. Today's date is February 3rd,

2024 and the line we will be learning from this scene is this. There are more things in Heaven and Earth Horatio than are dreamt of in your philosophy.

Say it with me, there are more things in Heaven and Earth Horatio than are dreamt of in your philosophy.

And one more time, there are more things in heaven and Earth Horatio

than are dreamt of in your philosophy. Recap. In scene four, which we covered last week, Hamlet has gone to the

castle battlements at midnight to see for himself the ghost of his father and to try to get the ghost to talk to him

and deliver his message. Hamlet is accompanied by Horatio, his friend, and another guard.

The ghost motions Hamlet to follow him,

to speak to him privately.

Horatio and the guard try to stop Hamlet,

but Hamlet insists on going with the ghost to hear his message.

And at the end of scene four, Hamlet follows the ghost off stage.

Shakespeare has really been ratcheting up the ghost is going to tell Hamlet. And believe

me, the payoff in scene five when we do learn what the ghost has to say is incredible.

Scene five opens on another part of the castle battlements and the ghost enters with Hamlet following.

Hamlet wants the ghost to speak now as Hamlet will not follow him further.

Hamlet says,

Where wilt thou lead me?

Speak, I'll go no further. says, where wilt thou lead me?

Speak, I'll go no further.

Now for the first time in the play,

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