Hamlet Analysis 5

Act V Analysis

            Is it better to die with your best friend or live and tell his tale to the world? That is the question that Horatio had to ask himself and Hamlet right before Hamlet died. Horatio is Hamlet’s best friend in the whole world and both would do anything for the other. So when Hamlet is dying Horatio wants to also but Hamlet doesn’t want him to.

            Shakespeare shows that the power of friendship can be stronger than death. With his word choice he is able to show throughout the play how close both Hamlet and Horatio are to each other but it is especially shown when Horatio said he would die with Hamlet. Though Hamlet talks Horatio out of it and to instead tell the world of his story, Shakespeare portrays Horatio as the amazing friend who carried out his friends dying wish.

            Horatio also makes sure that Hamlet is seen as the hero of it all in the end when Fortinbras shows up after he has finished his battle. This just shows how friendship can last even when the friends are no longer living. Shakespeare crafts every word to show that even though death has taken its toll friendship always lasts. Shakespeare also show how much Horatio is moved by Hamlets death and how he wishes him best in heaven and that he will have peace after all that he has suffered recently.

            Though many of us go through trails and bad times we have friends who can elp us survive the worst and help us move on. This is the kind of relationship Horatio and Hamlet had and with Shakespeare’s careful word choices we see just how much each of them cared for one another and how one would die if the other was going to die. Friendship has no bounds and Hamlet’s and Horatio’s relationship is a testament to that.