FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
HAMLET
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Claudius
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Gertrude
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Horatio
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Rosencrantz and Guildenstern
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Detailed explanation-1: -Horatio believes Hamlet and thus we have permission to believe. He sees the Ghost and so we can believe that Hamlet has seen the Ghost. If Horatio were not there, Hamlet’s sanity would truly be in doubt. Horatio’s second purpose is to be Hamlet’s one true confidant.
Detailed explanation-2: -He is privy to much of Hamlet’s thinking, and symbolizes the ultimate faithful friend.
Detailed explanation-3: -As a character, Horatio is presented to us as utterly dependable, well educated, stoical, dispassionate and devout. Of all the major characters, he alone remains uncontaminated by the corruption in Elsinore, and Hamlet’s election of him as the person to tell his story is thoroughly appropriate.
Detailed explanation-4: -Hamlet admires Horatio for the traits that he himself does not have and, as true friends do, he takes genuine delight in the sanity, the strength, and the constancy of Horatio’s character.