Hamlet's Father Fortinbras Analysis

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The events that led to a cold war between Denmark and Norway is that young Fortinbras seeks to regain the lost lands to Hamlet's father by Fortinbras' father years before.

2. The lines by Marcellus that clearly show Denmark is stockpiling weapons for a possible hot war deals kind of with the ghost because when he came they thought that the ghost came to warn them that the war is going to get hot.

3. The following that queen Gertrude when talking to her son she met by saying good Hamlet, take out the black clothes you’re wearing and have a good relationship with your new father / uncle and respect him.

Pun- A joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word or the fact that there are words that sound alike but have different meanings.

The pun on nighted is knighted which is to invest someone these are puns because they are words that sound alike but they have different meanings.

4. When Hamlet said “Seems, madam! Nay, it is; I know not seems this means that Hamlet is telling that it does not seem it is personal to me and that it should be personal to you too.

5. In the first opening lines of Hamlet it said “ O that this
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Hamlet’s mood changes before and after Horatio tells him he saw his father yesternight by first there was a celebration and a lot of noise and Hamlet tells them what are you all doing this is not ok why are we celebrating and he does not agree with this celebration and people in that town count them all as drunk and when it was his first time to see the ghost he threaten to kill his best friend Horatio with his spear because he was stopping him from following the ghost. In addition Hamlet’s mood changes after by telling his friends to swear they won’t tell anyone what he was tell them and swear that they won’t tell anybody about the events that deal with the ghost. In addition Hamlet also tells them that he would be acting crazy and mad so they would know and tells them to swear they won’t tell no one about him acting this

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