FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
HAMLET
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Question
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King Fortinbras
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Claudius
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Prince Fortinbras
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Voltemand
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Detailed explanation-1: -What does young Fortinbras want to do? His father was killed by King Hamlet. He wants to reclaim the land that his father lost to King Hamlet.
Detailed explanation-2: -Hamlet and his mother Gertrude argue about his behaviour. During their argument Hamlet accidentally kills Polonius, Ophelia’s father.
Detailed explanation-3: -After the Ghost vanishes, Horatio explains that King Hamlet (Prince Hamlet’s father) had slain King Fortinbras of Norway in combat and reclaimed land for Denmark.
Detailed explanation-4: -In Act I, two different revenge plots by these two men are revealed, and while Fortinbras is very open and bold about killing Claudius, Hamlet is sly and quiet about his plan. Fortinbras is also dead set on attacking Denmark no matter what but Hamlet is indecisive about killing Claudius.
Detailed explanation-5: -King Fortinbras was slain in the play’s antecedent action in a duel with King Hamlet. The duel between the two is described by Horatio in Act One, Scene One (I, i) of the play.