In act i, scene ii, claudius’s mention of fortinbras raises the issue of

corruption in denmark’s government
how fortinbras is better than hamlet
the cause of king hamlet’s death
an external threat to denmark

an external threat to Denmark.

Young Fortinbras wants to reclaim the territory that was taken away from Norway by Denmark (especifically by Hamlet's father). These events led to the death of Old Fortinbras, so the young prince wants to regain the territory in an attempt to avenge his father's death. He is a determined man, and has been able to raise an army to help him in his mission. This represents a significant external threat to Denmark.

i have read the novel roll of thunder hear my cry by mildred d. taylor.

1. this isn't like any other story i've read or watched because it is about a black family in mississippi right after slavery in the u.s. had become illegal. most of the novels i have read were about slavery. another point is that the author of the novel used symbolism in a way i haven't seen before. for example she uses thunder as something negative meaning something bad will happen. but by the end of the novel, she made thunder a good thing.

2.   one character that changed during the novel was stacey. stacey is the eldest child of the black logan family. around the begging of the novel stacey was avoiding the white boy jeremy simms. he had a dislike for jeremy's family. but at the end of the novel stacey began to like jeremy.

3. the author starts the novel with the problem that the children of the logan family have to avoid the white kid school bus while walking to school.