FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
HAMLET
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Question
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He doesn’t believe in ghosts
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He knows that people can scare easily in the middle of the night
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The guards are not educated or reliable sources of information
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He has not seen the ghost with his own eyes
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Detailed explanation-1: -Horatio is being humorous here and making fun of the guards who have called him to the battlements to see if he can speak to a ghost. Horatio does not quite believe in ghosts at this point, though because he is a scholar, he knows the proper way to speak with ghosts.
Detailed explanation-2: -Horatio has joined them because Bernardo and Marcellus have seen a ghost, Horatio doesn’t believe them so they bring him to see the ghost.
Detailed explanation-3: -Synopsis: On the guards’ platform at Elsinore, Horatio waits with Barnardo and Marcellus to question a ghost that has twice before appeared. The Ghost, in the form of the late King Hamlet of Denmark, appears but will not speak. Horatio decides to tell his fellow student, Prince Hamlet, about the Ghost’s appearance.
Detailed explanation-4: -Horatio in particular sees the ghost as an ill omen boding violence and turmoil in Denmark’s future, comparing it to the supernatural omens that supposedly presaged the assassination of Julius Caesar in ancient Rome (and which Shakespeare had recently represented in Julius Caesar ).
Detailed explanation-5: -Horatio is afraid that the ghost will try to hurt or kill Hamlet (specifically tempts him to jump into the sea). Hamlet wants to follow it and says he does not care about his life and the ghost can’t hurt his soul. He tells his friends that if they hold him back he will make a ghost of them.