The ghost of King Hamlet disturbs the watch of the Elsinore guards.
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One of the guards that patrolled the battlements of Elsinore castle.
On the battlements of Elsinore Castle, by the castle guards.
He's a guard, watching the battlements of Elsinore castle to see if the Norwegians are going to invade. He is one of the guards who sees the ghost of King Hamlet in Act 1 Scene 1.
In the play Hamlet, there is a strict guard being maintained at the Castle of Elsinore because the King had just died. Whenever a monarch dies there tends to be unrest, so guard would be increased as a precaution.
Aka, Kronborg Castle - located in Helsingor / Elsinore, north of Copenhagen, Denmark.