What is the exact quote in Hamlet about something being wrong in Denmark?
This famous phrase from Act I, Scene 4, appears at line 90: “Something is rotten in the state of Denmark.” In Scene 2, Horatio tells Hamlet that the guardsmen have seen what they believe to be the ghost of Hamlet’s father for the last two nights. In Scene 4, Hamlet goes to check it out. Soon after the stroke of midnight, the ghost appears and bids Hamlet to follow him. The two guardsmen on duty, Horatio and Marcellus, try to convince Hamlet not to follow. Hamlet tells them to go away, that he will follow the ghost.
