Otherwise, Horatio supports every decision Hamlet makes. Horatio only doubts Hamlet's judgement once, when Hamlet has arranged for Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to be killed. Horatio is the first main character to know of Hamlet's return to Denmark. In Act Three, Hamlet confesses his very high opinion of Horatio. He is privy to much of Hamlet's thinking, and symbolizes the ultimate faithful friend. Horatio swears secrecy pertaining to the ghost and Hamlet's "antic disposition". It is Horatio's idea to tell Hamlet about the ghost, supposing that "This spirit, dumb to us, will speak to him". Being a scholar, he is urged to speak to the ghost. He is initially sceptical, but is "harrow with fear and wonder" when he sees the ghost. Horatio is present in the first scene of the play, accompanying Barnardo and Marcellus on watch duty, for they claim to have "twice seen" the ghost of King Hamlet. Many commentators have linked the name to the Latin words ratiō ("reason") and ōrātor ("speaker"), noting his role as a reasoner with Prince Hamlet, and surviving (even though he begged for death) to tell Hamlet's heroic tale at the end of the play. Horatio is a variation of the Latin Horatius. Being from Wittenberg, a university that defined the institutional switch from theology to humanism, Horatio epitomizes the early modern fusion of Stoic and Protestant rationality. Horatio is not directly involved in any intrigue at the court, but he makes a good foil and sounding board for Hamlet. Hamlet has departed for England by this point, and is not supposed to return. For example, when Gertrude (the queen) is reluctant to admit the "distract" Ophelia, she changes her mind following Horatio's advice. He is on relatively familiar terms with other characters. Hamlet is glad to see him, and Horatio remains at court without official appointment, simply as "Hamlet's friend". He was present on the field when King Hamlet (Hamlet's father) defeated Fortinbras (the king of Norway), and he has travelled to court from the University of Wittenberg (where he was familiar with Prince Hamlet) for the funeral of King Hamlet. Horatio is a character in William Shakespeare's tragedy Hamlet. HFS clients enjoy state-of-the-art warehousing, real-time access to critical business data, accounts receivable management and collection, and unparalleled customer service.Horatio (standing, dressed in red) with Hamlet in the "gravedigger scene" by Eugène Delacroix HFS provides print and digital distribution for a distinguished list of university presses and nonprofit institutions. MUSE delivers outstanding results to the scholarly community by maximizing revenues for publishers, providing value to libraries, and enabling access for scholars worldwide. Project MUSE is a leading provider of digital humanities and social sciences content, providing access to journal and book content from nearly 300 publishers. With warehouses on three continents, worldwide sales representation, and a robust digital publishing program, the Books Division connects Hopkins authors to scholars, experts, and educational and research institutions around the world. With critically acclaimed titles in history, science, higher education, consumer health, humanities, classics, and public health, the Books Division publishes 150 new books each year and maintains a backlist in excess of 3,000 titles. The division also manages membership services for more than 50 scholarly and professional associations and societies. The Journals Division publishes 85 journals in the arts and humanities, technology and medicine, higher education, history, political science, and library science. The Press is home to the largest journal publication program of any U.S.-based university press. One of the largest publishers in the United States, the Johns Hopkins University Press combines traditional books and journals publishing units with cutting-edge service divisions that sustain diversity and independence among nonprofit, scholarly publishers, societies, and associations.
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