Hamlet: Horatio - A Man Of Thought, Fortinbras - A Man Of Action
Hamlet: Horatio - A Man of Thought, Fortinbras - A Man of Action
In the play Hamlet, William Shakespeare proposed two kinds of men. Horatio is
the character who represents a man of thought. The other kind of man is
represented by Fortinbras, a man of action. Hamlet is the character that
manages to be both, thought and action. Hamlet failed to avenge his father's
death because he was both. According to Shakespeare in the play Hamlet, a man
could not succeed if ge was both action and thought. The most evident man of
thought in the play was Horatio. Horatio sees the world with the eyes of a
scholar and views things in a logical manner. Horatio sees the ghost and
Hamlet says " There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are
dreamt of in your philosophy" (1.5.166-168). This reveals Horatio's attitude to
the audience. It shows that Horatio only believes in what scholars say. Study
is his only purpose I life. He is admired and used by others for his knowledge,......
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