Marcellus: Please, whoever knows, come sit down and tell me. Tell me why with the strict guard schedule so many cannons are being produced in Denmark? And weapons are being brought from abroad? The shipbuilders are building so hastily they don’t even rest on Sunday. Is there something about to occur that makes the night workers and the day workers one in the same? Could someone explain this to me?
Horatio: I can inform you Marcellus. Or I can try to explain what you have heard. As you already know, the ghost we just witnessed was that of our late king. He was the rival of Fortinbras, who was the King of Norway. Fortinbras had challenged our late king to a battle. During this battle, the valiant Hamlet (that is how we thought of him) had killed old King Fortinbras. King Fortinbras had to surrender every territory he owned along with his life and it was all on the basis of a legal document. If Hamlet had lost, then he would have to do the same as old King Fortinbras, giving up his life as well as his land. Now the son of old King Fortinbras, who was also referred to as Fortinbras, gathered many criminals that lived on the outskirts of Norway. The criminals were given food in return for their service to Fortinbras. The main goal of young Fortinbras was to take back the land that was lost by his father, old King Fortinbras. This is why I believe that we are posted here and there is so much commotion occurring in Denmark.
