Horatio Flashcards
Hudson
Very noble character but moves so quietly in the drama
Gervinus
Only observes and never acts
Verity
Horacio serves as a foil for Hmalet
Taylor
Remarkably unmotivated
Marshall
Hamlet trusts him
Tillius
Horacio believes Hamlet so therefore we have permission to believe him, he sees the ghost, so we can therefor believe hamlet has seen the ghost
Tillius reality.
Horatio grounds the play in reality
Horatio being calm, rational and resolute
‘Stay and speak!’
What does Horatio constantly all Hamlet
Sweet Prince, last scene and 3.2
Hamlet rants to Horatio about flattering sycophants
Let the candid tongue lick absurd pomp and cook the pregnant hinges of the knee
Hamlet asking for Horatio’s thoughts in the play
We will both our judge,ents join in censure of his seeming
What does hamlet long for, Tillius
Horatio’s unwavering stoicism
What establishes Horatio as the voice of reason in the play
He is called upon in the first act and scene to confirm if the soldiers were seeing a ghost
What does hamlet confess to Horatio and Marcellus (1.5)
That he must act with antic disposition
What is Horatio not?
A slave to his passions