As Hamlet awaits the performance of the play, watches Claudius at prayer, and then observes Fortinbras and his army march across Denmark, he debates his duty to his father and Denmark, his fate, as well as his conscience. ... King Hamlet, Hamlet's father may also be awaiting in the afterlife, and Hamlet does not wish to disappoint his father by leaving his duty unfulfilled. ... Fortinbras and his army prove that men will dies solely for honour. ... When Fortinbras and his army prove they will die for honour, Hamlet's outlook changes. ... His inner conflict is evident in his solil...

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Hamlet is a revenge tragedy of Elizabethan drama, written in about 1602 by William Shakespeare. ... In Shakespeare's play, the death of Old King Hamlet triggers different actions in its major characters; especially Hamlet, Gertrude, Claudius, Laertes, and to a lesser extent Polonius and Ophelia. ... In Act I Scene 5, the Ghost explains to Hamlet, how Claudius, Hamlet's uncle, murdered his father and that he wants Hamlet to avenge his death (I.v.38-90). ... Then, Fortinbras, another avenger of his father's death assumes power in the name of Norway; granting the end of Denmark as ...

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