Read the excerpt from hamlet, act i, scene i.

marcellus: is it not like the king? horatio: as thou art to thyself: such was the very armour he had on when he the ambitious norway combated; so frown’d he once, when, in an angry parle, he smote the sledded polacks on the ice. ’tis strange. marcellus: thus twice before, and jump at this dead hour, with martial stalk hath he gone by our watch. horatio: in what particular thought to work i know not; but in the gross and scope of my opinion, this bodes some strange eruption to our state.

what do marcellus’s and horatio’s characterization of the ghost imply?

The ghost brings a chaos to the country (town) that they cannot explain.

Explanation:

While this should not be the case, the ghost is some type of warrior, thus becoming angry and killing people out of that anger.  So he is very much not like the king.  That said, he does bring some type of chaos to the town that they cannot explain nor understand.

D. That something bad is going on.

Explanation:

It’s correct on Edge.

explanation:

it's important for any number of settings.   but then i'm a retired teacher and my view may be biased.

it certainly will not weigh as a minus when applying to a college, while poor grades always work against you.

other factors are important like what you do to improve the community.