FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
HAMLET
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Yorick
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Rosencrantz and Guildenstern
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Horatio
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Hamlet’s central characters are Hamlet himself, Claudius, Gertrude, Ophelia, Polonius, Laertes, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, and Horatio. But only Horatio survives when the curtain falls at the end of Shakespeare’s play.
Detailed explanation-2: -At the end of the play, when Hamlet is killed in his fight with Laertes, Horatio, in his grief, offers to kill himself with his own sword.
Detailed explanation-3: -At the end of the play, Hamlet asks Horatio to not commit suicide, but rather continue to live so he may tell Hamlet’s tale.
Detailed explanation-4: -Horatio is a variation of the Latin Horatius. Many commentators have linked the name to the Latin words ratiō ("reason") and ōrātor ("speaker"), noting his role as a reasoner with Prince Hamlet, and surviving (even though he begged for death) to tell Hamlet’s heroic tale at the end of the play.
Detailed explanation-5: -Hamlet tells Horatio again that he is dying, and urges his friend not to commit suicide in light of all the tragedies, but instead to stay alive and tell his story. He says that he wishes Fortinbras to be made King of Denmark; then he dies.