Upon hearing about Fortinbras and the army that he is leading into Norway, Hamlet recieves the revelation that convinces him to finally act upon his desire for revenge. As Fortinbras is willing sacrifice so much in the struggle for so little, Hamlet has not yet acted upon his desire for revenge. He asserts that god "gave us not/That capability and god-like reason/To fust in us unused" and that by extension, he who has cause for action has not done so is like a simple beast. Reflecting back on his strange plots and odd behavior that he used to try and oust and humiliate Claudius, he says it is "to my shame" that he had not acted earlier, when Fortinbras is carried out much greater action with much less cause. He may finally be thinking clearly about his revenge instead of descending into madness.
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