Fortinbras Flashcards
1
Q
Nobility of fortinbras’ men
A
“We go to gain a little patch of ground that hath in it no profit but the name”
The extent of their nobility
2
Q
Multifaceted nature of fortinbras
A
“delicate and tender prince”
3
Q
The bravery of Fortinbras
A
“To all that fortune, death and danger dare, And for an egg shell”
4
Q
Rage of Pyrrhus
A
Prius and Priam About how Hecuba sees Pyrrhus kill Priam; calls into question Gertrude’s role in her husband’s murder (we later learn she was not in the closet scene – she is not aware of the murder)
• “Pyrrhus at Priam drives, in rage strikes wide.”
5
Q
The fall of the hammer
A
“and never did the Cyclop’s hammers fall,”
6
Q
Remorseless
A
With less remorse than Pyrrhus’s bleeding sword, now falls on Priam”
