 Otherwise, Horatio supports every decision Hamlet makes, no matter how impetuous.He is also the first to know of Hamlet's return from England, and is with him when he learns of Ophelia's death.At the end of the play, Horatio intends to finish off the poisoned drink that was intended for Hamlet, saying that he is "more an antique Roman than a Dane" (reminiscent of Brutus and Cassius), but the dying prince implores Horatio not to drink from the cup and bids his friend to live and help put things right in Denmark; "If thou didst ever hold me in thy heart, / Absent thee from felicity a while, / And in this harsh world draw thy breath in pain / To tell my story."