Hamlet The Dramatic Importance of Horatio in the Play

The Dramatic Importance of Horatio in the Play · Horatio is a mediator between characters throughout the play. He has no strong feelings, weather it be love or hate, toward the remaining characters. Thus, knowing each character from previous encounters (not within the play), Horatio is left to introduce an un-biased character revelation. Being a scholar, Horatio is also familiar with occurrences of the state, which provides background information concerning Denmark: “When he the ambitious Norway …showed first 75 words of 475 total…

…showed last 75 words of 475 total…the questions; ‘will Hamlet go with the ghost?’ There is also the pending thought of Horatio that the ghost may be a disuised demon with intent of killing Hamlet (foreshadowing). Tjos scholar’s prophecy inevitably occurs with Hamlet’s death for following the ghost’s revelation of Claudius’ treachery. Bibliography Shakespeare, William. "Hamlet." Literature: An Introduction to Reading and Writing Ed. Edgar V. Roberts and Henry E. Jacobs. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 1995. 1129-1230.