Elsinore. A Platform before the Castle.
FRANCISCO at his post. Enter to him BERNARDO.
Bernardo: Who’s there?
Francisco: Nay, answer me; stand, and unfold yourself.
Bernardo: Long live the king!
Francisco: Bernardo?
Bernardo: He.
Francisco: You come most carefully upon your hour.
Bernardo: ’Tis now struck twelve; get thee to bed, Francisco.
Francisco: For this relief much thanks; ’tis bitter cold,
And I am sick at heart.
–Hamlet,
William Shakespeare
What does the audience learn about the setting of the play from the opening lines of the first scene? Check all that apply.
The weather is cold.
It is late at night.
The country is at war.
The story takes place at a castle.
The castle is near the sea.