Fortinbras/ˈfɔːrtɪnbræs/ is the name of two minor fictional characters from William Shakespeare's tragedy Hamlet. The more notable is a Norwegian crown prince with a few brief scenes in the play, who delivers the final lines that represent a hopeful future for the monarchy of Denmark and its subjects. Fortinbras is also the name of the fictional former king of Norway and father of the crown prince Fortinbras. King Fortinbras was slain in the play's antecedent action in a duel with King Hamlet.[1][2] The duel between the two is described by Horatio in Act One, Scene One (I,i) of the play.
His name is not Norwegian in origin, but is a French–English hybrid (fort in bras) meaning "strong in arm."[3][4]
^Eissler, K. R. (1968). "Fortinbras and Hamlet". American Imago. 25 (3): 199–223. JSTOR 26302343. PMID 4889222.
^Levin, Richard A. (1996). "Fortinbras and the "Conveyance of a Promisd March"". CEA Critic. 58 (2): 9–23. JSTOR 44377167.
^Michael, Best. "The ending: Fortinbras :: Life and Times :: Internet Shakespeare Editions". internetshakespeare.uvic.ca.
^"Hamlet by William Shakespeare - English literature course notes - Tower Notes". www.towernotes.co.uk.
its subjects. Fortinbras is also the name of the fictional former king of Norway and father of the crown prince Fortinbras. King Fortinbras was slain in...
king of Norway has rebuked Prince Fortinbras for attempting to re-fight his father's battles. The forces that Fortinbras had conscripted to march against...
He is a commander in Fortinbras' invading army, and is assigned by Fortinbras to get the license from Claudius for Fortinbras's army to be in Denmark...
Nora Ephron, playing an insecure teenager. Mathis appeared in the play Fortinbras in New York City in October 1992. Super Mario Bros. (1993), in which she...
Marcellus, Francisco, Fortinbras and several other characters are all soldiers. Hamlet and his father share a name (as do Fortinbras and his father). Hamlet...
resurrect Fortinbras at his full power as the Genmas' God of Light. Although the Genma Triumvirate and Hideyoshi are defeated, Fortinbras resurrects...
Prince (1974) Travesties as Henry Carr (Leeds Playhouse, 1977) Hamlet as Fortinbras / Reynaldo / Player (RSC The Other Place 1975; The Roundhouse, 1976) Perkin...
Peace (1972-1973) - Marshal Davout Gawain and the Green Knight (1973) - Fortinbras The Abdication (1974) - Carranza Golden Rendezvous (1977) - Assassin (uncredited)...
progression from self-indulgence to nobility, so we could nearly believe Fortinbras' remark that 'he was likely, had he been put on,/To have proved most royally'...
first swore his allegiance to the nefarious demon lord Fortinbras. After the demise of Fortinbras, he had yielded his position as the righthand man under...
Gertrude Ghost Polonius Laertes Ophelia Horatio Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Fortinbras The Gravediggers Yorick Soliloquies "To be, or not to be" "Mortal coil"...
professional actor: he previously portrayed Hotspur in Henry IV, Part 1 in 1995, Fortinbras in Hamlet in 1996 and the title role in Macbeth in 1999. The role also...
finally reveals Claudius' plot. As Norway's army, led by young Prince Fortinbras, surrounds the castle, Hamlet finally exacts his revenge and slays Claudius...
mission is underway, Sir Bertilak, a rival of Baron Fortinbras, arrives and threatens Fortinbras with war if certain demands are not met. While the prisoners...
Midwinter (US title A Midwinter's Tale) (1995) as Tom Newman (Laertes, Fortinbras, and messengers) Othello (1995) as Montano Twelfth Night, or What You...
Gertrude Ghost Polonius Laertes Ophelia Horatio Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Fortinbras The Gravediggers Yorick Soliloquies "To be, or not to be" "Mortal coil"...
Polonius's son Ophelia: Polonius's daughter. Horatio: friend of Hamlet. Fortinbras: nephew of the King of Norway. With William Shakespeare's play Hamlet...
charms". From 1975 through 1976, Patinkin played the Player King and Fortinbras, Prince of Norway in a Broadway revival of Hamlet, with Sam Waterston...
Global Information