Hamlet: Scene Summaries At the beginning of this scene, two guards come out and attempt to get the audience's attention. They basically inform us that it is night time, and then they exit. Heratio and Marcellus then enter. They see a ghost which looks like the late King who had just died. To get the audience's attention once again, the two men repeat "Doesn't that look like the King!" five times. Morning comes, and Heratio and Marcellus decide to tell Hamlet of the incident. Scene ][ This scene informs us that the present king (Claudius) had killed the late King Hamlet. Claudius is now married to Queen Gertrude who was formerly King Hamlet's wife