ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Horatio is a minor character in William Shakespeare’s play “Hamlet.” He is a friend of Hamlet who first tells him about the ghost of his father. He is the only character to survive the events of the 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: -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-4: -Answer and Explanation: Horatio does not die in Hamlet. He serves as Hamlet’s confidant and adviser for the majority of the play, providing him with counsel and keeping his secrets.

Detailed explanation-5: -Hamlet tells horatio to let his story live because he knows that he is about to die and his story is one that can be related to. I believe Hamlet asks Horatio to tell his story because he wants people to know the real story. He wants a legacy of him especially to be left behind, and he doesn’t want to be forgotten.