I could do this for you but you learn nothing thereby. Open the book, and examine every scene in which Horatio appears. Write down the text of all Horatio's statements. Who is Horatio? A student at Wittenburg, a dear friend of Hamlet's, and what else? What kind of guy is Horatio? Key: just before the play scene, what does Hamlet say to him? Hamlet describes Horatio, and makes it clear why he depends on him.
Where is Horatio at the tragic resolution of the play, and what does he try to do? What job does Hamlet charge him with, before he dies?
"I am Horatio, a very close friend to the late Prince Hamlet. I came from my studies at Wittenburg to Elsinore, to attend Hamlet at the funeral of his father. I found him in a strange state of mind because - - ".
Go for it: if you read the play, you can do this.
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