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Fortinbras is a minor fictional character from William Shakespeare's tragedy Hamlet.
He is a Norwegian crown prince with a few brief scenes in the play, and delivers the final lines that represent a hopeful future for the Danish monarchy and its subjects. His name in French literally means "strong armed."
Due to Fortinbras' impending arrival for much of the play and because his first appearance only comes after the other players have died, are near death, or are caught in inaction, Pat Buchanan has compared the United States in World War I and World War II to Fortinbras in A Republic, Not an Empire and Where the Right Went Wrong. "America comes in like Fortinbras, after the blood-letting is over, to take charge of affairs," Buchanan said in a 2003 panel discussion.
He is a Norwegian crown prince with a few brief scenes in the play, and delivers the final lines that represent a hopeful future for the Danish monarchy and its subjects. His name in French literally means "strong armed."
Due to Fortinbras' impending arrival for much of the play and because his first appearance only comes after the other players have died, are near death, or are caught in inaction, Pat Buchanan has compared the United States in World War I and World War II to Fortinbras in A Republic, Not an Empire and Where the Right Went Wrong. "America comes in like Fortinbras, after the blood-letting is over, to take charge of affairs," Buchanan said in a 2003 panel discussion.
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