In Hamlet, Shakespeare uses patterns of language for different characters to illustrate in depth the prevalence of existing relationships. After enduring the murder of his father and the remarriage of his mother, Hamlet exhibits unreasonable and indecisive behavior. Although he possesses good intentions, Hamlet's lack of direction and devastated emotional state, in part, is a result of not having a living father figure. Horatio, Hamlet's greatest friend, serves not only as a protectorate of Hamlet, but also as source of logic and skepticism for Hamlet's increasingly insensible behavior. Shakespeare's juxtaposition of Horatio’s sensible decisiveness to Hamlet’s irrational behavior enables the audience to clearly discern that Horatio is the voice of reason for Hamlet.
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