English 3312C    Fall of 2020  Essay #3  Hamlet:

              What is the Purpose of Horatio in the Play ? 

                                  Or, Why Horatio?         

He is in the following scenes: 1.1, 1.2, 1.4, 1.5, 3.2, 4.5, 4.6, 5.1, & 5.2.

                (FOR THIS ESSAY, FOCUS ON 1.1, 3.2, 5.1, and 5.2)

                        Use the Three-Paragraph Format.

      First Paragraph: By following Hamlets Arc in the play, show us what you think to be the tragedy in The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark. 

      Second Paragraph: Paraphrase and quote from the scenes, especially from 1.1, 5.1., and 5.2 (especially following Hamlets death).

      Third Paragraph:  Answer the question. 

(Keep in mind that one way of arriving at an answer is to imagine what would happen to the play if Horatio were given a different kind of character or was not in the play at all.)