Fortinbras AO5

Question 1

1500’s-1600’s trend

Answer 1

often cut from productions

(1661 Davenant’s production) - entirely removed from play

Question 2

Yeats (Romantic)

Answer 2

‘a better king than Hamlet would’ve been’

Question 3

Olivier’s film (psychoanalyst, mid 20th C)

Answer 3

Fortinbras cut- tragedy ends in death and no political resolution

Question 4

Gardiner (early 20th C)

Answer 4

'’His coming to power does not mark a radical change in the ethos of Denmark; it remains a society in which the qualities we admire most in Hamlet have no place”

Question 5

Bradley (early 20th C)

Answer 5

‘both Fortinbras and Laertes possess in abundance the very quality which the hero seems to lack’

Question 6

Lawrence (early 20th C)

Answer 6

‘serves an important purpose: a distinguished person is needed to succeed the Danish throne’

Question 7

mid 20th-early 21t C trend

Answer 7

political element of the play revolves on Fortinbras

Question 8

Branagh’s film (late 20th C)

Answer 8

Sewell plays him as a calm, effective and sometimes menacing leader

-Fortinbras given more prominence

Question 9

Kobialka (modern)

Answer 9

‘a symbol of a saviour’

Question 10

Tomko (modern)

Answer 10

‘man of action more than words’