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Hamlet Horatio Essay

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“There is nothing on this earth to be prized more than true friendship,” wisely said St. Thomas Aquinas, a famous philosopher and theologian. A friend is close enough to know the depths of your life: A gift not easily replaced by any other thing in the world. True friendship is a thing to be sought after and yearned for.
Hamlet, prince of Denmark, son of the lately deceased King, is in a compromised state of mind due to his father’s death. Hamlet’s closest companion, Horatio, tells him of the surprising sighting of his father’s ghost to which they go see together. The Ghost tells Hamlet that his uncle murdered his father and commands Hamlet to avenge him. Hamlet decides to put on an “antic disposition” in order to arise suspicion. (Ham 1.5.192) Wishing to avenge Claudius, he rashly “fires,” while in a fit of anger, and kills a court attendant, thinking it to be the King. In the last scene, Claudius sets up a fencing duel between Hamlet and the court official’s son, and all of the characters die except Horatio.
In William Shakespeare’s, Hamlet, Horatio being Hamlet’s true friend gives the play a solid base and sense of security allowing the play depth and substantiality. Horatio clearly gives Hamlet true friendship and loyalty, sense and …show more content…

Hamlet’s actions are given credibility and made to seem less “crazy” with Horatio’s to sense in the situation. Hamlet and Horatio’s conversations ground the play giving depth of thought as well as comic relief. He praises Horatio for his virtue and self-control; characteristics Hamlet lacks: "Horatio, thou art e'en as just a man. As e'er my conversation cop'd withal." (Ham 3.2.49-50) (Mabillard) Horatio may seem like an unneeded character to some, but he is a grounding for Hamlet’s frantic character as well for the story. Without a voice of sense and composure the story would become nonsensical. Horatio is absolutely necessary for the to have substance and be somewhat

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