Question

What is the main purpose of Horatio’s speech?

Answer 1

to describe to the audience the location of the castle and kingdom to help the audience better understand Horatio’s character to inform the audience of the events leading up to this point to explain to the audience how the former king died and became a ghost

Answer 2

to inform the audience of the Event leading up to this point

in hamlet horotio is a logical thinker and trusted by the people by making him giving this speech he tell the story to the people and people believe him this way hamlet uses the trust people have in horatio so unbelievable event such as ghost of dead king talking to their children won't sound so crazy