Act 1 Scene 1 Hamlet the prince of Denmark. This is about Banardo on top of the castle looking out for the ghost which has apparently been seen on the castle grounds. Banardo takes the place of francisco so he can go home to bed. Banardo waited on the castle roof for marcellous and haratio in the cold,Haratio thought marcellous was imaganing seeing the ghost and thought his eyes were playing up because he had been out there for so long. They had been seeing this ghost for 2 nights now, and at the same time, 1am. They finally see the ghost at 1am again and points out that it looks exactly like the old, dead king. They see that the ghost was dressed for battle and they asked for it to speak but before he answered he'd gone. In those days they believed it wasn't good to see a ghost and that something bad was going to happen to the country. So, between the ghost sighting and the norweigean, seemingly tireless preperation for war, what with working sundays (not standard back then!), bronze cannons being manufactured at an increased rate and the increase of guards, this did give the trio reason to beleive, that conflict was i mpending. At the end of act 1 scene1 the trio decide to tell Hamlet about their sightings of the ghost because they want to know what is going to happen to their country, they are going to tell Hamlet because they think the ghost will speak to him.