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Next time ask only one question. What I am going to answer is the question of the difference between Horatio and the inseparable pair Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, and Hamlet's attitude to them. All of these men are schoolfellows of Hamlet who have unexpectedly arrived in Denmark. Yet Hamlet immediately takes Horatio into his confidence but challenges Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. As it turns out, this is an accurate assessment of them: Horatio is trustworthy, while R&G are spies. So our question is really "How does Hamlet know that Horatio is trustworthy and R&G are not?" The answer to this may lie in part in events and actions which happened in the past to which we, the audience, are not privy. There are, perhaps, two things which happen during the play which might have helped Hamlet come to this conclusion. First, Horatio comes to Hamlet to give information about the appearance of the ghost. But R&G do not have any information to give which would make their appearance less suspicious. Second, R&G respond to Hamlet's question about why they are in Denmark in an evasive way. They introduce the word "ambition" into the conversation out of nowhere. In other words, their speech is suspect and implausible. Not so Horatio's; when asked why he has come to Denmark his answer is immediate and clear: "My lord, I came to see your father's funeral."

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