Horatio is a man who has no personality of his own; he is merely a device for imparting information. I highly agree with this statement to some extent. Horatio has no personality of his own and just imparts information, I believe, mainly because of Hamlet. There are many different reasons to believe Hamlet is the cause of this. Examples of these different scenes would be Hamlet and Horatio when Hamlet is sent off to England, Hamlet and Horatio together at the end of the play, and Hamlet and Horatio throughout the course of the whole play. These events, I believe, show that Horatio is used as a foil to Hamlet. He helps us to get a better understanding of the character Hamlet while losing his personality doing so.
             The first part I would like to talk about is when Hamlet has been sent off to England. Hamlet has sent a letter to Horatio. In this letter there are many different and interesting comments throughout it. One of the first things it says in the letter is "Give these fellows some means to the King."(IV,VI,13) This is ordering Horatio to take these people to the king. He later then tells Horatio to "Let the King have the letters I have sent,"(IV,VI,20-21) telling Horatio to give the letters to the king. This shows that he is a man imparting information to others.
             The next event I would like to speak about is Hamlet together with Horatio at the end of the play. During this event, Hamlet has just been slashed by the poison sword. He is just about to die and his true friend Horatio says,"Here's yet some liquor left,"(V,II,335) meaning he wants to drink the poison liquor and die with Hamlet. Hamlet then tells him, "In this harsh world draw thy breath in pain. To tell my story."(V,II,341-342) This shows that Hamlet does not want Horatio to die, but rather to tell his story to the world. This also proves Horatio is a man for imparting information to others
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