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 like the late - king and its repeated sightings at a specific hour. Horatio believes it portends some strange upheaval for the state, suggesting that something bad is about to happen. There is no indication of a large battle, a trick, or a curse from the given text.

Answer:

that something bad is going on