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Fortinbras / ˈ f ɔːr t ɪ n b r æ s / is a minor fictional character from William Shakespeare's tragedy Hamlet. A Norwegian crown prince with a few brief scenes in the play , he delivers the final lines that represent a hopeful future for the monarchy of Denmark and its subjects.
Within Hamlet, the stories of five murdered fathers' sons are told: Hamlet, Laertes, Fortinbras, Pyrrhus, and Brutus. Each of them faces the question of revenge in a different way. For example, Laertes moves quickly to be "avenged most throughly of [his] father", while Fortinbras attacks Poland, rather than the guilty Denmark.
The Hamlet of the supposed earlier play also uses his perceived madness as a guise to escape suspicion. Eliot believes that in Shakespeare's version, however, Hamlet is driven by a motive greater than revenge, his delay in exacting revenge is left unexplained, and that Hamlet's madness is meant to arouse the king's suspicion rather than avoid it.
Denmark has a long-standing feud with neighbouring Norway, in which King Hamlet slew King Fortinbras of Norway in a battle some years ago. Although Denmark defeated Norway and the Norwegian throne fell to King Fortinbras's infirm brother, Denmark fears that an invasion led by the dead Norwegian king's son, Prince Fortinbras, is imminent.
What follows is an overview of the main characters in William Shakespeare's Hamlet, followed by a list and summary of the minor characters from the play. [1] Three different early versions of the play survive: known as the First Quarto ("Q1"), Second Quarto ("Q2"), and First Folio ("F1"), each has lines—and even scenes—missing in the others, and some character names vary.
Hamlet and Fortinbras both have plans that are thwarted by uncles that are also kings. Hamlet, Rosencrantz, Guildenstern, Osric and Polonius are all courtiers. Hamlet, his father, Bernardo, Marcellus, Francisco, Fortinbras and several other characters are all soldiers. Hamlet and his father share a name (as do Fortinbras and his father).
Washington head coach Ron Rivera has a chance at “revenge” this weekend when he takes on his former team, the Carolina Panthers. Rivera’s time in Carolina came to an awkward but inevitable end.
:In French, Fortinbras literally means "strong armed." Fortinbras is also the name of the family dog in fiction writer Madeleine L'Engle's "A Wrinkle in Time". The first sentence should probably be reinstated somewhere (as it is likely that Shakespeare used the name for that reason) but the second sentence is irrelevent.