Hamlet- Act1

Act 1
Scene 1-
       Bernardo and Marcellus have seen a ghost while on guard at night. They told Horatio about their experience, but he doesn't believe them. One night they are all on guard and the ghost appears. Horatio tries to speak to the ghost but it just vanishes. The ghost is dressed in combat gear and looks just like the King that was killed. The ghost reappears and Bernardo, Marcellus, and Horatio try to force it to speak by advancing towards it with a spear, which scares the ghost off. They regret doing this and wish to know why the ghost keeps reappearing.
Scene 2-
       Claudius writes to the Fortinbras's uncle telling him that he should stop whatever his nephew is plotting to do to Denmark. He knows that Fortinbras is angry about King Hamlet taking his father's land many years ago, that is why Fortinbras wants to attack Denmark to get his land back. Claudius confronts Hamlet and tells him that he needs to stop mourning over the loss of his father. He must accept that Claudius is his new father. Hamlet hates that thought of this. Bernardo and Marcellus come to tell Hamlet that they have seen the ghost of his father. Hamlet demands that he see this ghost therefore Hamlet will stand guard with Bernardo and Marcellus that coming night.
Scene 3-
        Laertes is on his way back to France, which is where he came from. He tells his sister, Ophelia that she must beware of Hamlet. Hamlet may want to be with Ophelia, but once they are the state of Denmark will control their relationship because he will have to act for the nation. He is just being nice to get her, Laertes says. Polonius says the same things and says that Ophelia must not see Hamlet anymore. Opehlia agrees because she doesn't know what else to believe.
Scene 4-
         Hamlet, Bernardo, and Marcellus are all on guard and it's a little after midnight. They see that the ghost appears. Hamlet pleads that the ghost explain why it's here and what it wants. Then ghost motions to talk to Hamlet alone, so he follows. Bernardo and Marcellus don't trust the ghost so they follow too.
Scene 5-
           Hamlet meets up with the ghost. This ghost is the ghost of his father. The ghost tells Hamlet how he was killed. Everyone in Denmark said that he was poisoned by a snake that bit him while he was sleeping in the forest. All this was lie because the truth is, Claudius poured henbane poison into King Hamlet's ear and  killed him. Hamlet is outraged by this news and can't wait to avenge his father's death, and kill his uncle who killed his father. Claudius lured Gertrude to turn against her husband and be with Claudius, which makes them incensed, this also makes Hamlet angry.
      
Response
          Most of this story is based on the thoughts of Hamlet and Claudius. They are both determined to get their ways even if they irrational. At the beginning of the story Hamlet definitely shows his ego, because he is in mourning. There is no way he can control the reality of what he is going through, the death of his father. As they story continues he is questioned about his ego because Claudius doesn't like that he is wearing black and always moping around the castle. 
             Claudius is definitely influenced by his dreams or Id. He wanted to be king and he wanted it so bad that he killed his brother. Why would someone kill their own brother? That thought is something that wouldn't enter many people's minds. He was obviously out of his conscious mind, in order to kill his brother. Claudius had always dreamed of being king, and hated King Hamlet that he'd doing anything to have the throne, which is what he did.
            Claudius then had to switch his thinking in order to think realistically about how he'll get the throne. He knows that he must charm the queen, Gertrude, with lust. So he flirts with her and gets her to love Claudius. By swaying Gertrude to think like this she no longer has an attachment to King Hamlet, which makes it easier to kill him. Another thing that Claudius uses his Ego for is when he thinks up a way to kill King Hamlet. His thought is to poison him, which is smart because then there is no proof. People will just suspect he was bitten by a snake or that he was poisoned, but they don't know who it was that did it.
             At the end of the story when Hamlet has spoke to the ghost his Id starts to kick in. He starts to think irrational because all he wants to do is to avenge his fathers death. Hamlet is so  angry he will do anything, even if it requires him to act crazy. He is determined to kill his uncle, Claudius. The only reason Hamlet becomes irrational is because of his anger.