Question

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 frownd 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 marcelluss and horatios characterization of the ghost imply? that a large battle is looming that someone is tricking them that the kingdom is cursed that something bad is going on

Explanation:

Marcellus and Horatio note the ghost's appearance is like the late king in battle - ready armor and its repeated, strange appearances. Horatio believes it bodes "some strange eruption to our state", indicating that something bad is about to happen or is already occurring in the kingdom. There is no indication of a large - scale battle, no evidence of trickery, and no mention of a curse in this context.

Answer:

that something bad is going on