True Horatio in HamletHoratio's role in Hamlet is minor, but he serves two central purposes of the drama. Horatio provides the truth. It is through Horatio that the actions taken by Hamlet and other characters gain credibility. He is the outside observer of madness. Hamlet might monologue endlessly, but it is his conversations with Horatio that ground the play in reality. Horatio believes Hamlet and so we have permission to believe. He sees the Ghost and we can therefore believe that Hamlet has seen the Ghost. If Horatio were not there, Hamlet's sanity would truly be in doubt. Horatio's second goal is to be Hamlet's only true confidant. Aside from Hamlet's soliloquies, his conversations with Horatio are the only insight we get into what the prince really thinks and feels. But why Hamlet chooses Horatio to become the one person he can rely on is the main concern here. From the first scene we see that Horatio is calm, resolute and rational. Unafraid to confront the Ghost, Horatio demands that he speak if he knows what future awaits Denmark or if he has come to make a confession: If you know about the fate of your country... Oh , speak ! Or if you supported it in your life Treasure extorted from the belly of the earth... Speak about it, stay and speak! (Ii133-9)Hamlet admires Horatio for qualities that Hamlet himself does not possess. He praises Horatio for his virtue and self-control: “Horatio, thou art as just as a man/As my conversation hath always been settled” (III.ii.56-7). Horatio's strength of character is unwavering, and Hamlet longs for the peace of mind that such stoicism must bring to Horatio: Do ​​you hear? Since my dear soul was the mistress of her choice, and among men could distinguish her election, sealed you. for itself, for thou hast been as one, suffering all, who suffereth nothing, a man whom the buffets and rewards of fortune have received with equal thanks: and blessed are they whose blood and judgment are so well recommended that they are not a pipe for the finger of fortune. ring what stop she please. Give me this man who is not the slave of passion, and I will carry him deep in my heart, yes, deep in my heart, like you. (III.ii.65-70) Thus, Horatio has reached a peak that Hamlet recognizes as freedom from emotional upheaval..