Hamlet: Fortinbras Flashcards
(12 cards)
Describe Fortinbras’ appearances in ‘Hamlet’
- 2 brief physical appearances on stage
- Speaks 6 times throughout the entire play
How is Fortinbras Hamlet’s foil?
- Uses his grief/anger by attacking Denmark and reclaiming the land lost by Norway
- While Hamlet has no action/is inhibited by thought
How does Old king Fortinbras die?
Defeated in a battle/duel against Old king Hamlet
Who is crowned the king of Norway and how does this relate to Hamlet?
- Fortinbras’ uncle
- Line of succession parallels Claudius’ rise to power, establishing a connection between them
‘____ by a _______ and _______ prince’
‘Led by a delicate and tender prince’
A4 S5 (Hamlet)
‘____ has my _______ voice’
‘He has my dying voice’
A5 S2 (Hamlet)
‘That hath in it no ______ but the _______’
‘That hath in it no profit but the name’
A4 S4
‘Bear ________ like a ________ to the ______’
‘Bear Hamlet like a soldier to the stage’
A5 S2 (Fortinbras)
‘With _________ I embrace my _________’
‘With sorrow I embrace my fortune’
A5 S2 (Fortinbras)
How does the 1996 Branagh production display the transfer of power in A5 S2?
- Fortinbras is seated on the throne + a crown is placed on his head
‘both Fortinbras and Laertes _________ in ____________ the very quality which the _____ seems to lack’
‘both Fortinbras and Laertes possess in abundance the very quality which the hero seem to lack
AC Bradley 20th
‘___________ was a better ______ than hamlet would have _______’
‘Fortinbras was a better king than hamlet would have been’
Yeats 20th
