Fortinbras In Act 1 Of Hamlet

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In Act I of Shakespeare’s Hamlet the story beings in Denmark, where the King Hamlet has just died. The town is now in a panic and they are preparing for possible war with Young Fortinbras who is from Norway. King Claudius, who is the new ruler of Denmark, has taken King Hamlet's wife, Queen Gertrude as his new wife and she is not the Queen of Denmark. Then, a ghost resembling King Hamlet is seen on a platform in front of Elsinore Castle.
King Claudius, fearing Fortinbras might attack, sent ambassadors to Norway to get the King of Norway to restrain him. Hamlet does not trust King Claudius. The King and Queen don’t understand why Hamlet is still sad from his father's death and Hamlet explains that he doesn’t like his mother marrying Claudius