Horatio is a friend and a fellow-student ("I prithee . He is one of the only characters who's feet are on the ground. He is a model of correct behaviour. Horatio is an important character of the play, because his existence in the play helps to amplify the complexity of Hamlet's character. 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.
The first long talk between Hamlet and Horatio is in the beginning of the play, when Horatio and the courtiers came to Hamlet to tell him about his father's ghost. Together they are going to watch the ghost at night Horatio is the only one who is really down-to earth, he thinks the sight of the ghost is only an imagination ( Horatio says . our fantasy", 1.2.24 and "Thus, thus . not appear", 1.1.30). Horatio is also one of the few persons who returns to Elsinore only for the funeral ("My lord . the funeral", act 1.2.175) , Laertes returned for Claudius" coronation and then left Elsinore for Paris, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern had not come for the royal events, but had been sent for to investigate Hamlet. Bernardo, Francisco and Marcellus tried to understand the matter for themselves, but Horatio went directly to Hamlet ( "Let us [.] my life, 1.1.169-171)although a courtier should have gone directly to the king. Hamlet decides to take a look for himself, Horatio warns Hamlet not to follow the ghost as it might lead him into madness and suicide (What if [.] roar beneath, 1.4.68-78). After Hamlet's hysterical return from his meeting with the ghost ("These are . my lord" 1.5.133) , Horatio tries to calm Hamlet and Horatio was even able to let Hamlet see that "it is an honest ghost" ("It is . tell you", 1.5.137) and the soldiers swear with Hamlet that they will not tell anybody what they have seen and that they will not tell anybody about the Hamlet's further purposes ("Never to [.
This was the first adventure Horatio went on. ... In chapter five, The Man Who Saw God, Horatio's friend Finch tells Horatio that the devil is under the deck. ... Because of this Horatio is asked to be the interpreter. ... The Main Characters of the book were Horatio Hornblower. ... Horatio's personality changed throughout the story. ...
Horatio Alger lived during an era where one was expected to work hard and make a living for themselves. A person was come up in the world by the good and dedication they had earned through working. Regardless of what class you came from, you were to work hard and become your own person. Thus, Alge...
Horatio, dearest friend, I trust the morrow of your days to find you well and blessed. ... If not for Heaven's reprimand, Horatio, I may have finished with this living dead. ... I cannot disregard this truths, Horatio. You, Horatio, would have mourn'd a thousand more due to respect, even propiety or love. ... My condolences HOratio. ...
However, Horatio is very sceptical about the existence of such an apparition, and does not believe it will appear, "Tush, tush, 'twill not appear... The audience undertake the voyage of discovery alongside Horatio. ... Horatio states, " in the gross and scope of my opinion, This bodes some strange eruption to our state... The dramatic change in atmosphere is marked by Horatio's sudden change in language. ... I'll cross it though it blast me." (1:1:129-130) The language with which Horatio greets the apparition also aids the dramatic build-up of tension. ...
These two characters are Polonius and Horatio, who contradict each others characters splendidly. ... Horatio's "I did very well note him" (1.2.274), is enough for Hamlet to go on with his revenge plan. ... Though weighed against the other points, this argument cannot diminish Horatio's trustworthiness. ... This first view on Horatio's qualities already indicates a stability of character. ... Whereas Horatio is the only character in the play who is true and honest. ...
Horatio then questions the apparition "What are thou, that usurp'st this time of night/ Together with the fair and warlike form/ In which the majesty of buried Denmark/ Did sometimes march" the ghost then disappears and leaves the men astonished at what they have seen. Marcellus then questions "Is it not like the king", Horatio then tells the others "Such 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 Polack on the ice" Horatio also informs the others "In what particular thought to work I know not;/ But, in...
True loyalty is shown through Horatio's friendship with Hamlet. Indeed, throughout the entirety of the play, Horatio is the only one out of Hamlet's friends that were not spying on him in any way, shape, or form. ... Intrigued-and a little scared, (though he would never mention that)-Horatio convinces the two guards he accompanied on their watch to bring the matter straight to Hamlet rather than Claudius. ... Horatio's loyalty appears once again in the last scene of the play, as he holds the dying Hamlet. Prepared to give his own life to escape the pain from his friend's de...
The character Horatio helps to convey this state of unrest and to foreshadow, through his words and actions, impending war with Norway and possible turmoil for the country. ... Horatio asserts that the ghost brings words of caution to the men that the county is headed for some sort of struggle, which probably means an attack from Norway. ... The fact that Horatio thinks upon first sight of the ghost that it must bring a warning to the men about the possibility of conflict with another nation is a sign of unrest in Denmark, as Horatio would probably have to have a preconceived idea that the ...
