"...NOT A MOUSE STIRRING" Before leaving we learn from Francisco that it has been a quiet watch with "Not a mouse stirring" (not a mouse moving).

"...FOR THIS RELIEF MUCH THANKS" Francisco hears the approach of two men whom we soon learn are the soldiers Horatio and Marcellus who identify themselves as being loyal to Denmark. Before leaving, Francisco tells Marcellus that Bernardo has relieved him.

"...THE MORN, IN RUSSET MANTLE CLAD"

"...A LITTLE MORE THAN KIN AND LESS THAN KIND" Hamlet makes his first observation, suspiciously commenting in an aside (a speech sharing his private thoughts with the audience) that Claudius who referred to him as a "son," is "A little more than kin [family], and less than kind" (a little more than family and less than kind) (def.2)-Hamlet's first words in the play show him playing with words in order to state a paradox: Claudius is twice related to him,

"...USE EVERY MAN AFTER HIS DESERT, AND WHO SHOULD SCAPE WHIPPING"

"...MURDER MOST FOUL" The Ghost goes on to describe his murder as "Murder most foul, as in the best it is; / But this most foul, strange and unnatural"

"...GOOD NIGHT, SWEET PRINCE, AND FLIGHTS OF ANGELS SING THEE TO THEY REST"

"...THERE ARE MORE THINGS IN HEAVEN AND EARTH, HORATIO, THAN ARE DREAMT OF IN YOUR PHILOSOPHY"

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Approximate Word count = 2001
Approximate Pages = 8 (250 words per page double spaced)