Read the excerpt from Act I of Hamlet.
Horatio: Our last king,Whose image even but now appear’d to us,Was, as you know, by Fortinbras of Norway,Thereto prick’d on by a most emulate pride,Dar’d to the combat; in which our valiant Hamlet—For so this side of our known world esteem’d him—Did slay this Fortinbras; who, by a seal’d compact,Well ratified by law and heraldry,Did forfeit with his life all those his lands
To view the excerpt through a historical lens, which questions should the reader ask? Select 2 options.
