Hamlet: Act 1, Scenes 1 and 2

I believe that the first two scenes in Hamelt were not that interesting. To me they were more on the informative side, and I believe they did this because there is a lot of background information that is needed to be stated in order for the reader to fully understand the play. In the first two scenes there are a couple of things that did interest me though. One being Hamlet and the beilef in ghosts. Both Hamlet and the other characters in the play have no idea as to why the ghost keeps coming to vist, and the fact that he says nothing is very mysterious. When I read this it was almost like forshadowing that something important would be told by the ghost that would drive the main plot in the play. Another thing that stuck out to me in the first two scenes is Hamlets hatred twoards his mother (Queen Gertrude) and"step-father" (King Claudius). Hamlet strongly hates his mother due to the fact that he moved on from his real father so quickly, and also hates her for marrying Claudius. He does not like their marraige because Hamlet knows that Claudis's only motive is to become King, and a foolish king at that, but he is not in it for love. Hamlet believes that his mother is foolish for marrying him, and Hamlet knows that nothing good will come from it. All in all i believe that the first two scenes were used to let the readers know about the central and mini conflicts that would occur during the play.