From Hoaratio's POV

I am becoming concerned about hamlet's melancholy and unusual behavior. My dear friend is acting very strange and is not composing himself with his usual honor and poise. After his father’s death Hamlet’s disposition has changed drastically. He slinks about his quarters day by day doing nothing productive and not working to overcome his sadness. The interaction with the ghost of old King Hamlet was puzzling as well. Hamlet has always trusted me in the past but in this case he disregarded my advice and went forth with his actions. This scared me so because we share a level of trust and respect for each other, or at least we have in the past. He does not seem to be aware of his sulky and unusual behavior and I fear he may be depressed or even mad. I worry so deeply because hamlet is my bosom pal and he is not acting like the man he once was. Hamlet admired his father greatly and the loss of his father is taking a toll on him. I feel so badly about my Denmark losing its great leader to the coward Claudius. The loss of King Hamlet does not bode well for Denmark’s security. Fortinbras would not have such confidence in himself if the king was still alive, but with King Hamlet out of the way the Norwegian will stand a fair chance of attack. My faith does still lie with Denmark but my heart is not in favor of Claudius and his marriage to Queen Gertrude. To Mary a widow when the corpse of her husband is still warm is not the behavior of a great king. It is the behavior of a snake.