...are born great : — some achieve greatness : — some have greatness thrust upon them. TN iii. 4. Rightly to be great, Is, not to stir without great...find quarrel in a straw, When honour's at the stake. II. iv. 4. Would you praise Caesar, say, — Caesar ; go no further. AC iii. 2. Why, man, he doth bestride...

...and tender prince, Whose spirit, with divine ambition puffed, Makes mouths at the invisible event. Exposing what is mortal and unsure To all that fortune,...argument, But greatly to find quarrel in a straw When honor's at the stake. How stand I then, That have a father killed, a mother stained, Excitements of...

...delicate and tender prince, Whose spirit with divine ambition puffed Makes mouths at the invisible event, Exposing what is mortal and unsure To all that fortune,...argument, But greatly to find quarrel in a straw When honor's at the stake. How stand I then, That have a father killed, a mother stained, Excitements of...

..."Whose spirit with divine ambition puff'd" (4.4.49). "Ambition," after all, is bound up with honor: Rightly to be great Is not to stir without great argument,...find quarrel in a straw When honour's at the stake. (4.4.53-56) The way is open for the acceptance of Fortinbras's example and the correct version of the...

...delicate and tender prince, Whose spirit with divine ambition puffed Makes mouths at the invisible event, Exposing what is mortal and unsure To all that fortune,...at the stake. How stand I, then, That have a father killed, a mother stained, Excitements of my reason and my blood, And let all sleep while, to my shame,...

...delicate and tender prince; Whose spirit, with divine ambition puffd Makes mouths at the invisible event; Exposing what is mortal and unsure To all that fortune,...argument But greatly to find quarrel in a straw When honor's at the stake. How stand 1, then, That have a father kill'd, a mother stain'd Excitements of...

...tatendurstigen Fortinbras über seine eigene Tatenlosigkeit räsoniert, spricht er die folgende Überlegung aus: Rightly to be great Is not to stir without great argument,...find quarrel in a straw, When honour's at the stake. (IV,4; 53-56) Die Verse sind mehrdeutig. Bezieht man das not auf das vorangehende is, dann bedeuten...

...stupid and that the way of reflection may be wiser. Here are just two of numerous apposite details: Rightly to be great Is not to stir without great argument,...find quarrel in a straw When honour's at the stake. Ostensibly, what he is saying is: 'To be truly great, one should not need a grand justification for...

...debate the question of this straw" (4.4.26-27). In the soliloquy that follows he sees Fortinbras as Exposing what is mortal and unsure To all that fortune, death, and danger dare, Even for an eggshell. (4.4.52-54) This means that the Fortinbras of the Second Quarto is subjected to a critical scrutiny...

...and tender prince, Whose spirit, with divine ambition puff 'd, Makes mouths at the invisible event, Exposing what is mortal and unsure To all that fortune,...- stain'd; Excitements of my reason, and my blood, And let all sleep! While to my shame I see The imminent death of twenty thousand men That for a fantasy...