What tragedy by William Shakespeare involves a norwegian crown prince and a character named "Horatio"?
Fortinbras Fortinbras is either 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 former king of Norway and father of the crown prince Fortinbras. King Fortinbras was slain in the play's antecedent action in battle with King Hamlet. The battle between the two is described by Horatio in Act One, Scene One (I,i) of the play.
Tragedy (event) A tragedy is an event of great loss, usually of human life. Such an event is said to be "tragic". Traditionally the event would require "some element of moral failure, some flaw in character, or some extraordinary combination of elements" to be tragic.