FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
HAMLET
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Question
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He is the most religious of them
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He is the only one who does not believe in ghosts, so he is the only one who is not afraid.
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He is a scholar and should know the proper way to address a ghost.
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Marcellus thinks Horatio should speak to the ghost because he is a scholar and should know the proper way to address a ghost. Marcellus thinks Horatio should speak to the ghost because his parents are dead; he may have more influence with the ghost.
Detailed explanation-2: -Marcellus thinks Horatio should speak to the ghost because he will know what to say to him. He is a “scholar” and is educated. He’s also a great friend of Hamlet.
Detailed explanation-3: -Horatio’s first assumption is that the ghost has returned because of some resolved issues, he talks to the ghost and ask the ghost to speak and tell him what he can do to ease the spirits pain and bring glory to his name.
Detailed explanation-4: -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. Horatio is saying his body is there with them, and his spirit, if not he belief in ghosts yet.
Detailed explanation-5: -Tonight Marcellus and Barnardo have brought along Horatio, who is an educated gentleman, to see the ghost, too. They don’t want to think that they are merely seeing things, but that is just what Horatio thinks; Marcellus says, “Horatio says ‘tis but our fantasy” (1.1. 23).