Hamlet

What is a man according to Hamlet? Why is he so preoccupied with Fortinbras' army?

Two Paragraph response. Analyze and interpret hamlet's soliloquy at the end of scene Iv,Pages 85-86 Be sure to include a few quotes for support and emphasis.

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This is from Hamlet's "i need to take action" soliloquy. Hamlet thinks he is a "girly-man" next to Young Fortinbras. After he sees the manly Young Fortinbras ready to fight anyone, Hamlet muses about what makes a man,

"What is a man If his chief good and market of his time Be but to sleep and feed?"

Hamlet thinks an animal can do this. Hamlet thinks a man is a guy like Young Fortinbras who will, "find quarrel in a straw When honor’s at the stake." Hamlet resolves to put on his big boy pants and become a man of action,

"Oh, from this time forth, My thoughts be bloody, or be nothing worth!"