Horatio is a messenger boy, he is only important in the first part to tell new Hamlet about the ghost. He is a well respected soldier, obviously high up in the Danes military. The conflict started with Old Hamlet killing the old King of Norway, and the son is planning revenge.
Horatio is Hamlet's trusted friend and confidant. When we first see Horatio in Shakespeare's Hamlet, he is called upon by the castle guards to address the ghost that they have encountered. Horatio is a discerning and intelligent man, and the appearance of this ghost makes him deeply uneasy.
But Horatio is not afraid of the ghost, only of what it portends - that something is not well with Denmark. He is calm, resolute, and rational as he demands that the ghost tell him whether it has come to confess some ill deed or to predict the future fate of Denmark.
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