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Horatio Impact On Hamlet

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In William Shakespeare's Hamlet, Horatio is central to the drama, and he is Hamlet's rock. That is what makes Horatio memorable. Horatio was a true friend to Hamlet. Throughout the story there are many betrayals. Horatio is the one person who never deceives anyone and is loyal to his friends. Hamlet is deceived by his uncle and tried to get him killed. Many times throughout the story. Hamlet is able to confide in Horatio. Horatios act of loyalty had a big impact on Hamlet. In the beginning of the story when king Hamlet's ghost appears, it is Horatio who decides to tell hamlet that they saw him. The ghost will not speak any of the men that see it. "let us impart what we have seen tonight unto young hamlet, for upon my life, this spirit, dumb to us, will speak to him" (1.1.184-186). When hamlet meets the ghost for the first time, makes it clear that Hamlet's choice to follow the ghost in hopes of learning the reason for his appearance is ill advised. The ghost complains that he is unable to rest in peace because he was murdered. Claudius, says the ghost poured poison in king hamlets ear while he slept. King hamlet is to spend his days purgatory and walk the earth by night. When Hamlet is …show more content…

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern try to get hamlet to tell them where Polonius's body is after he killed him. The two were to escort Hamlet to England and were given a letter for the king of England instructing him to have Hamlet killed. When Hamlet finds the letter he rewrites it and makes it say that he needs to have Rosencrantz and Guildenstern killed instead. " Their grand commission where I found, Horatio, a royal knavery and exact command, larded with many several sorts of reasons importing Denmark's health and England's too. With-ho!- such bugs and goblins in my life, that on the supervise, no leisure bated, no, not stay the grinding of the ax, my head should be struck off"

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There was nobody that Hamlet could fully trust, with the exception of Horatio. In addition to Rosencrantz and Guildenstern spying on him for the king, Polonius, Claudius and Ophelia were all contributors to spying on Hamlet’s conversation with Ophelia. Also, Gertrude is disloyal to Hamlet’s father and may have had an affair with Claudius which makes her another character that Hamlet cannot trust. Horatio is the only person in the play that Hamlet trusts, the one who gives Hamlet the most companionship, and most importantly the only friend of Hamlet to help Hamlet. He understands Hamlet the most, believed that Hamlet’s madness is an act, and is the closest thing to true ‘family’ that Hamlet has if we consider the internal conflicts of the royal family.

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Horatio is loyal It is hard to find the right friend to tell them all your secrets, thoughts, being able to have deep conversations and be able to trust them with your heart. This statement is acceded towards the character Horatio from the play Hamlet by William Shakespheare. Horatio is the person that everyone wants and will do anything for the people he loves. In the book Hamlet, Prince of Denmark Horatio is presented to us as an utterly dependable, well educated, accepting and calm person throughout the play of Hamlet by William Shakespheare.

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