Each character has an impulse for revenge, but each one reacts in a different manner. Laertes reacts immediately and irrationally. Hamlet procrastinates, muddles through and ponders his fate and does not act until the entire play is over. Fortinbras is in the middle of these two. When his father is killed by King Hamlet, Fortinbras does not act rashly nor does he hesitate and delay his actions.
Fortinbras is manipulated by his uncle when he makes a promise to him in Act 2, scene 2. He “Makes vow before his uncle never more To give th’assy of arms against your Majesty.”, making it impossible to attack Denmark in order to regain his father’s land. Hamlet on the other hand who acts alone is in total control of his situation. He has moments when he acts insane, but he is always aware of what is happening around him, causing him to analyze and over think every little detail of killing his uncle, Claudius. Hamlet realizes the reason he can’t just kill Claudius and get it over with.
2.2.73-75). Unlike Hamlet, Fortinbras heeds his uncle’s advice and stops his assault on Denmark. While Hamlet falls deeper into madness and obsession with revenge, Fortinbras controls his obsession with reclaiming the land his father yielded to Denmark. Through the distinct archetypal parallels between Hamlet and Fortinbras, Shakespeare compares the two characters in their revengeful dispositions and composes an alternative conclusion of Hamlet’s tragedy through Prince Fortinbras: one where Hamlet listens to his uncle and arrests his corrupted motivations. In diverging from the original story followed by Prince Hamlet through Fortinbras, Shakespeare indicates Hamlet’s corruptible nature and hierarchy for revenge led to his death and instructs the audience against depravity and disregard for
When faced with a life changing event there are two primary reactions, it is either loosing hope and becoming self destructive or finding a way to overcome the challenge and succeed. Success and failure immensely rely on the decisions a character makes along with the way they react when a situation cannot be controlled. Shakespeare’s Hamlet displays this ideology strongly through Hamlet, Laertes and Fortinbras as they parallel each other as each embarks on a journey to avenge the death of his father. The characters Hamlet, Laertes, and Fortinbras attempt to obtain revenge, however, their reaction and approach towards revenge varies greatly as while Fortinbras is planning, Hamlet and Laertes are acting on impulse leading to either their downfall or success.
The Prince of Denmark, Hamlet, stands out as a morally ambiguous character due to his conflicting morals and indecisiveness, making it more apparent that Hamlet’s intentions are unclear. Hamlet’s intentions to avenge
Calle Fritz Munczek English 12-Period 1 3 December 2015 Hamlet Final The tragedy of Hamlet Prince of Denmark by William Shakespeare displays how a person can go from being calm to being mad in a matter of days. Between his mother marrying his uncle, Ophelia, and his father dying Hamlet is very stressed. Even though none of this was his fault he thought that he needed to do something special to make all of his pain go away. Although Hamlet gives many reasons to be emotional in the play, he finds his own ways to be spiritual by playing the people closest to him in a sustained matter.
Hamlet is more likely insane because of the action he has done and what he is going to do. He killed Polonius and slipped some crazy words during the play, So I think that Hamlet is not crazy for acting it, But crazy for been insane. Hamlet does like Ophelia. The moment that he sees her brother on the grave he starts attacking and saying that he loves Ophelia.
Hamlet and Fortinbras have similarities such as they both have lost their fathers, both have their uncles on the thrown of their country, and they both seek revenge because of the mourning of their fathers. Hamlet and Fortinbras are different because Hamlet overthinks things whereas Fortinbras takes action first and thinks about it later, Hamlet is also unwilling to act if he is unsure of it and Fortinbras will put people at risk to get revenge. What readers and audience members come to understand as a result of the similarities and differences that exist between Hamlet and Fortinbras is that they are basically opposites of each other. Hamlet overthinks things a lot and you never really know what his actions are going to be,
Fortinbras: the name itself demonstrates strength and vigilance. He is the son of King Fortinbras of Norway, and throughout the Shakespearean play of Hamlet, he seeks revenge for the murder of his father by King Hamlet of Denmark. He only makes two appearances in the totality of the play, yet the contribution of his character majorly complexifies the storyline. Nevertheless, this inclusion is vital to this intricate plot. The play’s secondary conflict involving Fortinbras provides a ‘distractor’ from the main conflict, a contrast to Hamlet’s character, as well as a resolution to the play’s ending.
Prince Hamlet is introduced as a reflective, slow-to-act character. While he stays true to this characterization for almost the entire play, he does undergo a transformation by the end of the play. By the end, Hamlet decides that he would no longer deprive himself of the revenge he long desires against Claudius, he finally kills him. Ironically, the dread command from his father to the act of revenge, the very reason that justifies the revenge has worked in Hamlet as a way that makes him incapable of any decisive act of will, since decisions for him seem to require a unitary, undivided psyche. Contrast Laertes who does not hesitate for a moment when seeking vengeance on his father's murderer.
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Another foil created by Shakespeare to shed light on Hamlet’s character flaw of indecisiveness is Prince Fortinbras of Norway. Much like Prince Hamlet, Prince Fortinbras’ father has recently been murdered and Fortinbras is enraged. He decided with little thought to lead his own army into a battle in an attempt to reclaim the land that his father had lost, to honour his father. In Act 4 Scene 4 Hamlet comes across Fortinbras and comments on his courage and honour
A prominent theme is Shakespeare’s Hamlet is the difficulty and uncertainty of action. The play contains many examples of action and contrasts hasty, rash action with planned, conscious action. Claudius’ murder of his brother exemplifies a rash action, because although he attained immediate gratification, he was plagued by guilt and eventually murdered as well. Additionally, Laertes’ desire for quick revenge backfired and contributed to the death of the royal family. While Hamlet’s delay of action may paint him as a more conscientious plotter, he is also guilty of hasty action such as the murder of Polonius.
The inspiration that motivates someone can come from anything and anyone, and in Shakespeare’s Hamlet, there is a particular focus on both comparing one’s ideas to another and drawing inspiration from surrounding people. Young Prince Hamlet, desperate to fulfill his dead father’s unfinished revenge, took inspiration from a variety of sources. Mostly, it is other influential people in his life like the ghost of his father, the first actor, and his foil Fortinbras. In the second and fifth soliloquy, Hamlet characterizes himself as devoted compared to the others around him, and it highlights his desire to uphold his honor through these comparisons; these soliloquies strongly show Hamlet comparing himself to others and drawing inspiration from them and their differences to motivate him further in taking revenge for his father. Hamlet is characterized as indecisive but willing to go through with the revenge in
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.
