act 1 scene 4.

Horatio, Hamlet and Marcellus are on a midnight watch. Whilst on guard Hamlet and Horatio look out of the window to see the King carousing drunkenly, Hamlet is disgusted by this. The ghost appears, which terrifies Hamlet. He says “be thou a spirit of health or goblin damn’d, bring with thee airs from heaven or blasts from hell, be thy intents wicked or charitable” Translation: “is this a friendly ghost? or an evil spirit sent from hell?” The ghost beckons Hamlet to follow it but Horatio and Marcellus tells him not to go. He tells Hamlet “You shall not go, my lord” as they think the ghost could drive Hamlet insane or making him walked off a cliff. Either way Hamlet still follows the ghost for a private conversation.