Horatio

Horatio immediately strikes me as a tough guy, and someone who fears nothing and knows everything. He tells Marcellus and Barnardo that this ghost they are seeing is "...but our fantasy" (1.1.28). He is reassuring the others that this "ghost" will not appear and it's simply a figment of their wild imaginations. "Tush, tush, 'twill not appear" (1.1.35). While he initially comes off as nonchalant and a know-it-all, he completely changes after he becomes yet another witness to this mysterious ghost. "It harrows me with fear and wonder" (1.1.51). Exit know-it-all Horatio. Enter the humbled, bewildered Horatio. Immediately he becomes frightened but some of the old Horatio remains within him as he states he is filled not only with fear, but wonder for how this mysterious figure may be.

I think that Horatio wants to obtain knowledge of this ghost in particular and what its meaning and point was. I believe that throughout the story he will be trying to finalize the meaning behind this ghost, and what it wants not only with him and Marcellus and Barnardo, but also with the land of Denmark.

Horatio reminds me of those scientists from Jurassic Park, who are initially shocked at this land of dinosaurs, but are also fearful of their potential, which we all known is grossly displayed eventually. Hopefully this ghost is nicer than those dinosaurs.

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