1. Love and Love Lost
Hamlet is a play of love and love lost. The first lost love is Hamlet's father. ... This love betrayed leads to anger as Hamlet scorns both of them. ... Two, smaller love lost expamples occur with Fortinbras and the Player Queen. Fortinbras, like Hamlet has lost a father, but instead of turning to a second love, he decides to vent his anger and sorrow by attacking Denmark and reclaiming the land his father lost to Hamlet's father (ironically, Fortinbras ends up with the whole of Denmark when his army visits Elsinore in V.II). ...
- Word Count: 390
- Approx Pages: 2
- Grade Level: High School