... but the name. To pay five ducats, five, I would not farm it; will it yield to Norway or the pole a ranker rate, should it be sold in fee (IV iv l. 16-20). Also, in this scene, Hamlet compares himself to Fortinbras in a soliloquy. Hamlet finally realizes that he has been unable to avenge his father's death, but decides that now is the time for decisive action ... . Hamlet says, "O, from this time forth, my thoughts be bloody, or be nothing worth" (IV iv l. 64-65). What this quote shows us is that Hamlet is finally becoming similar ... to Fortinbras by deciding that now ... ...

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... the lives and wealth that will be lost for such a vain victory. Like Hamlet, Fortinbras is overwhelmed with the desire for glory and vengeance. Although the two men share desire to avenge their father's death as well as the loss of their royal crown, they differ in their rationale. Hamlet admires Fortinbras" passion to the point where he berates himself for his inaction, but he ... also questions Fortinbras" reason "to gain a little patch of ground/ That hath in it no profit but the name." With his father's murder to avenge, Hamlet cannot relate to such an empty motivation. "The soldier...

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... father had lost. He is mainly seeking his revenge on young Prince Hamlet because of his father's death, but in a way he is seeking revenge on all of Denmark to regain his land. When Fortinbras arrived from Poland, Hamlet expressed his wish, right before dying on the middle of the floor, that Fortinbras should be the new ruler of Norway. This is another plot for ... father. The new ruler of Denmark ordered a proper burial for Hamlet, giving him funeral honors like he is a military general. Hamlet was out to avenge his father's death by killing his uncle, Claudius, Laertes plotted his rev...

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... grieving for his father, is about to return to his schooling, yet stays as requested by his uncle and mother. He soon learns that there is a ghost in the shape of his father Old Hamlet who appears at nights, so he decides to investigate. He speaks to the ghosts and learns that his father is cursed to purgatory because he was actually ... happening, Laertes, son of Polonius, is about to venture to France. Yet before he leaves he tells his sister Ophelia to ignore the lies Hamlet speaks to her and wait till he becomes king before she agrees to marry him. Claudius learns that Fortinbras ha...

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... by the ghost of his father. He hesitates at the thought of revenge, looking for solid proof to justify the revenge. In the end Hamlet seeks revenge without giving mercy to anyone that gets in his path. Also in the play there are other characters; Ophelia, Laertes, and Fortinbras that undergo the same quest to seek revenge for their respective father's deaths, but go about ... who killed is father, he conspired to kill him, but his plan backfires and not only kills Hamlet, but himself as well. The third character was the Norwegian prince, Fortinbras. His father was Norway's king and was ...

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Whereas the king and the prince Hamlet and all others died in this bloodily tragedy for the sake of revenge, I, Fortinbras, the Prince of Norway, embrace my fortune with sorrow. I'm honored and humbled to stand here to take over the power to rule Denmark, the country with the great potential in north Europe. I feel thankful for old King Hamlet and his brother's service to this nation ... feel sorry for their deaths. Although my father, the old King of Norway, was killed by the old King Hamlet, now, it's time to stop the endless revenge, and everyone of them has come to their destiny. In order...

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... questions himself "Looks it not like the king". Horatio then questions the apparition "What are thou, that usurp'st this time of night/ Together with the fair and warlike form/ In which the majesty of buried Denmark/ Did sometimes march" the ghost then disappears and leaves the men astonished at what they have seen. Marcellus then questions "Is it not like ... "d on by a most emulate pride,/ Did forfeit, with his life, all those lands/ Which he stood seized of, to the conqueror" and now young Fortinbras plans to reclaim the Norwegian lands his late father lost to king Hamlet. Bernardo re...

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... sort of struggle, which probably means an attack from Norway. Horatio also speaks of Hamlet's battles with King Fortinbras of Norway; Hamlet had conquered much of Fortinbras" land, so now the Norwegian king's predecessors seek to win that land back. The appearance of deceased King Hamlet is, in itself, a sign of something wrong in Denmark, as any country that has recently lost a king must have some unrest ... Claudius" address to the court contains contradictory statements, such as "With one auspicious and a dropping eye,/ With mirth in funeral and with dirge in marriage,/ In equal scal...

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