FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
HAMLET
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a subplot
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Hamlet is a soldier after all
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Hamlet is a man of inaction
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both Hamlet and Fortinbras are alike in intellectual qualities
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Detailed explanation-1: -Hamlet finds that he is impressed by Fortinbras because he is a man of action in command of an army willing to fight for their honor rather than riches. Hamlet realizes that thousands of men will fight and likely die over land too small to bury all the bodies.
Detailed explanation-2: -He intends to revenge his father, Old Fortinbras, who was killed in a duel with Old Hamlet and thereby lost some Norwegian lands to Denmark. Restrained from doing so by his uncle the king of Norway, he invades Poland instead, to capture a useless little plot of land.
Detailed explanation-3: -Summary and Analysis Act IV: Scene 4. On his way to England, Hamlet observes Fortinbras leading his troops through Denmark toward Poland. He questions a captain and learns that the Norwegians plan to wage war over a worthless patch of land in Poland.
Detailed explanation-4: -Here he see’s Fortinbras of Norway leading a massive army to fight for a small and meaningless plot of land, worth nothing to either side. The soldiers fight not for wealth, but for honor. This causes Hamlet, a philosopher and scholar, to reflect on his own condition the direction his own path must take.