Horatio, Marcellus, and Bernardo remind me of three close and devoted friends willing to do anything or Hamlet. These characters remind me of the Dogberry, Verges, and Sexton within “Much Ado about Nothing”. These three were quirky, good hearted, and willing to serve.
Out of the three characters, Horatio stuck out the most to me. I think it was because from the start he seemed to be the leader of the three friends; Horatio, Marcellus, and Bernardo. He was the rash, calm person who had no problem trying to communicate with the ghost from the start. He definitely appeared to be the most educated.
Most of the conversations presented when Hamlet was speaking to the ghost were between Hamlet and Horatio. If Horatio hadn’t been there then there would have been a gap in the story. I think that Horatio was used as a foil to help develop Hamlet.
I thin that the main theme within Act I was love/family/friendship. The Friendship is represented by Horatio, Marcellus, and Bernardo recognizing the ghost as being the late king, Hamlet’s father. The three of them felt that it was important to have their friend Hamlet speak with the ghost incase it truly was the deceased king with a message for Hamlet. Later the three of them went out late at night with Hamlet as he looked for the ghost, all of which tried to insist to remain with Hamlet to ensure that nothing happened to him. The family was presented with the depictions of Hamlets mother, uncle, and father. You can feel the closeness that Hamlet has for his family, striving to do right by each of them. First shown with his mother and her request that Hamlet stay behind from school “I pray thee, stay with us; go not to Wittenberg” (page 1587), and Hamlet replies noting that he would do his best to obey her. Then when the ghost comes, Hamlet promises yet again to his father’s ghost that he would “sweep” to his revenge.
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