In the play Hamlet Horatio is a noble man who makes an impact on the play. He is the one who tells Hamlets about the ghost and the one who will tell his story. Horatio is the closest friend to hamlet that he can trust. Horatio parts in the play serve two main reasons to tell Hamlet’s great story and to serve as the great friend of Hamlet. One critic states “Throughout the play‚ Horatio seems "just": he is fair‚ equitable‚ and reasonable”. This can explain that he is unruffled‚ composed‚ and practical;
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Horatio and Hamlet Hamlet by Shakespeare is a story whose plot contains an entanglement of emotions like betrayal‚ love‚ and the longing for revenge. Through the maze of Hamlet‚ Horatio and Hamlet are the two characters that must depend on one another. Horatio is Hamlet’s most loyal friend and he is the only one he can trust when it comes to the planning of his revenge plan toward the king. However‚ questions arise when "what ifs" come to play. Horatio accompanies Hamlet to the meeting of the
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Horatio is an intelligent and insightful man‚ relentless‚ rational‚ placid‚ a messenger of truth‚ and Hamlet’s one true confidant. He plays a minor role in the play‚ nonetheless‚ he is of the utmost importance to Hamlet as well as being admired by many readers. He feels deeply for Hamlet and loves him with everything he is capable of‚ as he would never try to control or influence him like so many do. Hamlet has a deep friendship with Horatio and praises him for all the honorable qualities that he
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color and plots. In the play there are several foils exist within the characters which are interesting to look into. Hamlet and Horatio‚ Hamlet and Fortinbras‚ Hamlet and Claudius and Hamlet and Laertes are all have more or less some qualities that are opposite. Compare to Hamlet’s irrational action Horatio is more rational which can be shown in act1 scene4‚ where Horatio stops Hamlet to go deeply into the forest. “Why‚ what should be the fear? I do not set my life in a pin’s fee‚”(1‚4‚67-68) definitely
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Horatio is a minor character with a major role. Horatio in the play serves a couple of purposes. One being that he is the herald of truth. During all of the madness‚ he is the quiet observer. If it wasn’t for Horatio‚ many of our characters and Hamlet wouldn’t receive credibility. Another purpose Horatio serves is the one true confidant to Hamlet. Hamlet goes to Horatio and actually tells him how he is feeling‚ and what he is thinking‚ apart from his many soliloquies. From his encounters with Hamlet
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Horatio Nelson at a young age had a love for the sea and with help from his family‚ mainly his father‚ he was able to start his naval career on his Uncle Maurice Suckling’s ship the HMS Raisonnable. He started as an ordinary seaman which is one who has one to two years of experience at sea and later was able to be a coxswain‚ one who steers and guides the ship‚ until he was promoted into a midshipman which would give him training on how he could improve his skills so he could one day be a higher
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with negative attitudes Shakespeare shows the true Hamlet. I think one of the more oblivious and not so negative FOIL is Horatio‚ through all the madness they remain friends. In the play you get to experience the trust and loyalty between Hamlet and Horatio. The two characters are very much alike. They both show acts of kindness or softer side. I think Shakespeare use Horatio to show a more positive happy side of Hamlet. Though Shakespeare had positive foils to bring
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Within both plays‚ Horatio and the Friar both fill the role of moral advisor to the protagonist‚ whose advice Giovanni and Hamlet both disregard. Interestingly‚ Horatio’s concern for Hamlet does not stem from an acknowledgement of the protagonist’s dubious moral code‚ but rather from a fear of the ghost’s intentions. Horatio’s source of perturbation is confirmed when he begs the prince to consider “What if it tempt you toward the flood‚ my lord.” Horatio appears to worry that the ghost has a malevolent
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In Horatio Alger’s Ragged Dick‚ Alger writes about a rag-to-riches story and points out valid and key messages that tell of things like hard work and determination can take anyone from the bottom to the top‚ despite one’s economic class. I do realize that in real life that although these messages hold key to making it in the world‚ everyone does not have the equal opportunity to succeed or move up in class rankings like Alger says. Dick‚ the main character in Ragged Dick‚ is a man
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Hannah Gropper December 10‚ 2007 World Lit 10-5/Spencer The Influence of Horatio In Hamlet‚ the character of Horatio shapes Hamlet‚ and essentially the story line‚ more than any other character. Many would perceive Horatio as simply a foil for Hamlet‚ but he is much more. He is Hamlet’s sole confidante and friend in the play. Horatio is a very intelligent and learned man and he enjoys thinking and logic. What Horatio tells Hamlet throughout the play is nearly always exactly what Hamlet needs
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