young Fortinbras

Family: Norway · Role: Norwegian prince · First appears: Hamlet · Act I, Scene I

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Young Fortinbras gathers lawless forces to recover the lands his father lost.(Hamlet · Act I, Scene I · 📍 Norway)
- “Now, sir, young Fortinbras, Of unimproved mettle, hot and full, Hath in the skirts of Norway, here and there, Shark’d up a list of lawless resolutes, For food and diet, to some enterprise That hath a stomach in’t; which is no other, As it doth well appear unto our state, But to recover of us by strong hand And terms compulsatory, those foresaid lands So by his father lost.”

parent: Fortinbras (Young Fortinbras is identified as the son of the Fortinbras who lost the lands.) “Now, sir, young Fortinbras, / Of unimproved mettle, hot and full, / Hath in the skirts of Norway, here and there, / Shark’d up a list of lawless resolutes, / For food and diet, to some enterprise / That hath a stomach in’t; which is no other, / As it doth well appear unto our state, / But to recover of us by strong hand / And terms compulsatory, those foresaid lands / So by his father lost.”
rivals with Hamlet (Young Fortinbras seeks to recover lands held by Hamlet’s side, prompting military preparations.) “Now, sir, young Fortinbras, / Of unimproved mettle, hot and full, / Hath in the skirts of Norway, here and there, / Shark’d up a list of lawless resolutes, / For food and diet, to some enterprise / That hath a stomach in’t; which is no other, / As it doth well appear unto our state, / But to recover of us by strong hand / And terms compulsatory, those foresaid lands / So by his father lost.”
enemies with Hamlet “Now, sir, young Fortinbras, Of unimproved mettle, hot and full, Hath in the skirts of Norway, here and there, Shark’d up a list of lawless resolutes, For food and diet, to some enterprise That hath a stomach in’t; which is no other, As it doth well appear unto our state, But to recover of us by strong hand And terms compulsatory, those foresaid lands So by his father lost.”

Extracted from the original text of Shakespeare's Tragedies. Made with Rho MD.