In Fortinbras's final speech, He asks that be raised like 'a soldier to the stage' and that he had been 'put on, to have proved most royal'. What I think he is saying here is that Hamlet's memory should be honoured for what he has done - put an end to Claudius's reign over the Kingdom. by 'put on' I think he is answering the question that we have pondered from the early stages of the play - is Hamlet mad? or not mad? Fortinbras suggests that he was not actually mad, but his dangerous act has proved worthy of attention in the end ('most royal') and for that, the soldiers' 'music' and 'rites of war' shall be used when thinking of Hamlet.
Fortinbras then asks the solders to 'take up the bodies' as the sight of the bodes in front of him 'shows much amiss'. What I think he means here is that Hamlet should be placed somewhere different from the bodies of everyone else, to show that he has done something memorable. I agree with Fortinbras that Hamlet has had to go through a lot of dangerous and damaging activity to achieve what he has achieved, so therefore he does deserve some form of recognition.
i agree hamlet has gone through a lot of hardship and although some of his actions werent very king like it was in a way a rite-of-passage for him, over the course of the play he finally learnt that he could have acted in a better way so he has shown nobility in some ways, he also act quite mature when dealing with the revenge aspect of the play, most would have just killed Claudius on an impulse but he showed he can stratigise which is a very good aspect for a king to have.
ReplyDeleteDoesn't F make us realise that H is above most of the other characters in that he had some moral integrity? Also, isn't H just too modern for the old, corrupt world he has felt out of place in since coming back from university?
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