Hamlet

Act 5, sc. 2 lines 389-395: consider Horatio’s words and suggest a theme expressed in them.

FORTINBRAS
  Let us haste to hear it,
And call the noblest to the audience.
For me, with sorrow I embrace my fortune.
390I have some rights of memory in this kingdom,
Which now to claim my vantage doth invite me.

FORTINBRAS
What do I see here?
HORATIO
What would you like to see? If it’s a tragedy, you’ve come to the right place.
FORTINBRAS
These corpses suggest mayhem. Oh, proud Death, what banquet are you preparing that you’ve needed to knock off so many princes at one stroke?
AMBASSADOR
This is a horrible sight. Our news arrives from England too late, since the people that should have heard it are dead. We meant to tell the king that his orders have been carried out, and Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are dead. Who will thank us now?

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The theme is tragedy and Horatio is willing to tell the tale of tragedy in Denmark that contains many vices and sins of human nature.