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Hamlet's friend whose 'balanced temperament' he explicitly values is:
ALaertes
BMarcellus
CHoratio
DRosencrantz
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. Horatio
1. Hamlet trusts Horatio to observe Claudius during the Mousetrap.
2. Horatio is portrayed as the man not 'passion's slave.'
3. The choice is structural — the audience-surrogate confidant.
_Source: Project Gutenberg #1524 — Shakespeare's Hamlet — "Hamlet explicitly values Horatio's balanced temperament"_
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