Horatio is a friend and a fellow-student ("I prithee ... me fellow-student", 1.2.176) of Hamlet. ... Hamlet feels quite safe with his friend Horatio and tells him the things who are on his mind without an interfering of his madness. Horatio remains to become Hamlet's one true friend. ... When Hamlet is dying, Horatio has a desire to follow his friend, but Hamlet protects his friend from this (" Heaven make thee [...] tell my story ..."5.2.330-350). ... Out of all these things it shows that Horatio was true friend to Hamlet, he is the only one who comes for the funeral, and he also did...

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Horatio is the only character considered to be Hamlet's closest friend, since Rosencrantz and Guildenstern betrayed Hamlet. Horatio is proven to be a true friend at crucial moments of the play. ... The character of Horatio had a crucial role when it came to being Hamlet's best friend and carrying the play's story into the future. ...

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There are several clues within the text that show quite obviously that Hamlet's madness was not true madness. ... Seeing Ophelia dead was a reality shock to Hamlet, and his true feelings were brought out. The things he told Ophelia about not loving her were not true, he actually "loved Ophelia" (V i 285). ... The main clue that proves that he was not insane is the fact that he never did this in front of his best friend, Horatio. ... If Hamlet was seriously mad, his best friend probably would have done something or tried to get him help. ...

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The final character in a friend of Hamlet. Horatio is a friend of Hamlet who is the first to inform him about the ghost of Old Hamlet. He is the only friend Hamlet trusts by the end of the play, and he is ordered to reveal the true story of why Hamlet killed Claudius. He shows the qualities of a good friend throughout the entire play. ...

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True loyalty is shown through Horatio's friendship with Hamlet. ... Prepared to give his own life to escape the pain from his friend's death, Horatio shows the strongest form of loyalty possible: a form of phileo love so strong, he is prepared to die for Hamlet. "No one has greater love than this: to lay down one's life for a friend....

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To me he was the best friend a man could have, loyal, witty, and extremely trustworthy. ... Although he held her in disdain for her hasty marriage to Claudius, who he despised, he still loved her with all his heart I ask everyone present here today, not to remember Hamlet as the apparent madman he was in his final days, for this is not a showing of his true self, it was an extremely intelligent plan which would restore nobility to the royal family. ... We were petrified and begged you not to follow it but you showed your true courage and went in. ... However, it was this madness and inability...

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Hamlet discloses his true feelings about his uncle after his father's death. Hamlet is upset with his mother for marrying only two months or so after his father's death. And on top of his mother marrying that soon, she marries his father's brother. Hamlet is not a happy person. He finds out that his...

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However, Horatio has grown very attached to Hamlet and he cannot bear to see his best friend leave him. ... Clearly, Horatio portrays all the characteristics of a true friend, and that is what friendship is all about....

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Hamlet of course told his best friend, Horatio, about what the ghost has informed him of. ... He stresses that people can question if the sun really in fact moves or not, but that his love is true and unquestionable. ... The scenes with Horatio, Polonius, and Ophelia portray his true mental stability the best. ...

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Hamlet Essay There are many elements in Hamlet that make it a tragedy, more than just the obvious. The play opens into tragedy. The old king has been killed, and everyone is still mourning his death, or should be. The mood is that of depression, and the most depressed is Haml...

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This above all: to thine own self be true, And it must follow, as the night the day, Thou canst not then be false to any man. ... Polonius helps contribute to the theme appearance verses reality by showing how his appearance is not his true nature, behind the mask there lies someone totally different. ... This is the one point in the drama, where Horatio is one step further than Hamlet and almost lets him appear superior just before the death of his friend. ... Whereas Horatio is the only character in the play who is true and honest. ...

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This means that he already had a feeling that this was true, and makes Hamlet feel justified in having all the other bad feelings he has had about his uncle. Hamlet comes up with a plan to find out if what he has heard from the ghost is true. ... He suspects that they are not his true friends, asking, " Were you not sent for? ... Horatio, Hamlet's loyal friend, contemplates suicide at this point, not wanting to go on living without Hamlet around. ...

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The majority of the people in Denmark feel that the mixture of a lost lover and a lost father is what causes Hamlet to become mad, but the readers know the true cause of Hamlet's madness. ... Based upon a very close reading of Hamlet, there is no possible way for this to be true. ... Also, the fact that Hamlet is able to confide in and talk to his best friend Horatio shows that Hamlet is simply putting on a disguise when he is talking to everybody else. ...

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Distrustful of King Claudius, Hamlet is equally weary of the King's spies, Guildenstern and Rosencrantz who attempt to know his true intentions. ... Fearing that his intentions could be revealed, Hamlet invents a madness to distract and hide his true intentions from King Claudius' many spies. ... Horatio: Friend to Hamlet and the one person Hamlet truly trusts. ...

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He had difficulty drawing a line between emotions and life, which resulted in his emotions overpowering his true self. ... That he is able to speak as normally and civilly as any other character when he is talking to a trusted friend demonstrates that Hamlet is not actually insane, but putting "an antic disposition on" so that he may revenge his father's murder. ... On the contrary, many people believe that Hamlet's "night of lunacy" isn't a mere projection put on by Hamlet, but an actual sign of his true colors. ...

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He informs his good friend Horatio that he will use his grief stricken insanity to his advantage. ... By acting insane Hamlet also, buys himself time to determine whether the ghost's story is true or not. ...

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He knows that he is not the same as he used to be and fears he is going insane, so by telling his closes friend that he is just act, he covers his tracks. ... Even if the madness was true or false, as Hamlet portrayed the role of a madman he took it upon himself to be lost in his control of actions....

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Polonius was a friend of Claudius, and when Claudius bacame the king, Polonius a member of his council and his informant. ... This seemed to have a negative effect on Hamlet After the ghost of this father told him the true nature of his death, Hamlet appeared to be losing his sense and sanity. ...

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Most of the characters in the play Hamlet, except for Hamlet's good friend Horatio and a few others believe that Hamlet has lost his marbles. ... He showed brilliantly and skillfully true insanity and faking. ...

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