Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Fortinbras and Hamlet

These two characters have so much in common yet act differently. Fortinbras' father was also killed, but by King Hamlet so he wants to attack Denmark, which sucks for Hamlet. Fortinbras is much more quick to want his revenge and doesnt think it through. Hamlet, on the other hand, carefully thinks through all his decisions before making and final decision. He wants to make sure that Claudius is the one who killed his father before making his plans for revenge. This makes Hamlet very indecisve but then its weird because he will then make really rash decsions out of no where. Hamlet it one confusing guy. Hamlet is a very thoughtful character and thinks through every little thing. Half the play is Hamlet debating whether he should avenge his fathers death or not. Fortinbras is very decisive and immediately decides to avenge his father and lies to his uncle to do so. He is much more of a warrior and is much more worried about conquest and Hamlet is not at all worried about it. So although they have similar situations, they both act completely different.

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