Mojo, The Bard, & Me

 

Today’s Totally Random Lines

 

I did very well note him.

 

Horatio

Hamlet                    Act III, Scene ii, Line 301

This is Horatio speaking to Hamlet after the former asked him if he saw how Claudius reacted violently to the staging of the play within the play.

Horatio is an interesting character. He’s in the first scene of the play with the men on the ramparts when they see the ghost of King Hamlet. He’s also in the last scene, the second to the last person to speak at the end of the play, when Hamlet (and half of the cast) lie dead.  He’s in the famous line Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio. In fact, he’s at a lot of pivotal points in the play, and I think he is the only one that Hamlet speaks his true mind to. He is the one person that Hamlet considers a real friend. 

I imagine there have been volumes written about Horatio and his relationship with Hamlet. I’ve not read any of those volumes. In spite of this, I feel safe in saying of Horatio that I did very well note him. Wouldn’t you agree?

I do very well note, Sir, that you are getting a comfy seat on the couch whilst I am stuck down here on the floor.

Noted.