... Hamlet whose murder is supposed to be revenged by his son, Prince Hamlet. The second murder is Polonius whose murder is supposed to be revenged by his son Laertes. Both Prince Hamlet and Laertes go to seek revenge for the death of their fathers, however they will each use different methods to accomplish their deeds. Prince Hamlet has a meeting with the dead ... a fit of rage, stabs his uncle with the poisoned sword. Hamlet has now finally revenged his father's death, though much time has passed. He finally dies from the poisoned sword. Laertes" father, Polonius, is murdered by Hamlet wh...

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... father. First of all, Hamlet tried to avenge on King Claudius because his uncle, Clauduis, poisoned his father and claimed the throne. Secondly, Laertes, who was the son of Polonius, wanted to revenge on Hamlet because Hamlet accidentally killed his father, Polonius and Hamlet should also be responsible ... for the death of Ophelia who was Laertes's sister. And finally, Fortinbras, the prince of Norway, whose father had been killed by King Hamlet many years ago, wanted to take over ... Then, Hamlet stabbed Claudius and forced him to drink the poisoned wine. After all, Claudius died and ...

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... send Claudius to heaven and leave Hamlet in eternal hell fire and he would not really avenge his father. Laertes then agrees to a duel between himself and Hamlet for which Claudius has concocted a scheme. Laertes's rapier will be sharpened and the tip will be poisoned and Hamlet's will just be blunt. In case ... He is justly served/It us a poison tempered by himself/Exchange forgiveness with me, noble Hamlet'' (Lines 307-309, Act 5 scene 2). We see that Laertes has realised his mistake and has learned that he must answer to his own actions. He is saddened by his own immoral actions which...

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... father's deaths. The different ways that each deals with their grief and how they enact their vengeance is one of the main contrasts between the three characters. Both Fortinbras and Laertes serve as foils to the main character of Hamlet. The character of Laretes is a mirror to Hamlet. Perhaps Shakespeare made them similar to provide a greater base for comparison when ... the worlds I give to negligence, "(IV, V, 134) he declares. Hamlet however, philosophizes about the afterlife, and whether "...In that sleep of death what dreams may come."(III, I, 66) Hamlet and Laertes represent the t...

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... artistic upheaval, tentative and feisty environment and political disarray. The story introduces us to three young men whose fathers had been brutally killed (Hamlet, Laertes and Fortinbras). The men had high positions 'in the social order and a fall/death of any one would influence the entire society. But ... father's murder. "One scene comes near the circumstance of my fathers death ... ... observe my uncle ... for mine eyes I will rivet to his face". Laertes, on the other hand, is upset that his father was burried without the respect and remembrance that he deserved. "His means of de...

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... dire consequence resulting in chaos and mayhem. In Shakespeare's "Hamlet" this is very apparent through the embodiment of this exact scenario in Hamlet, Laertes, and Prince Fortinbras. All three men have lost their fathers to cold undaunting homicide and all three have been compelled to avenge their father's ... the concluding scenes, the guilty as well as the innocent become victim to treacherous death. In the case of the proud and brash Laertes he takes the exact opposite approach of Hamlet, where he neglects the necessity for analyzing his situation for enacting proper and successful ...

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... and major characters play equally important roles in the progression of the plot. Although the courtiers in Hamlet, such as Polonius, Rosencrantz, Guildenstern, and Laertes, help Hamlet find his true self, evoke the madness and spying theme, and they ironically bring his destruction and ultimately show the spectrum of courtiers ... in the court of Denmark. Polonius is "a man devoted to his family and his state"(Church 416) who looks out for his children, Ophelia and Laertes. His wife is nowhere to be found, so as a single father he has responsibility at home, and in the court of Denmark a...

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... The play is, basically, an ongoing battle of revenge. Hamlet is seeking revenge, for his deceased father, on king Claudius throughout the whole play, Laertes wants to avenge the death of his father and sister, Polonius and Ophelia, and Fortinbras, prince of Norway, is trying to take over Denmark because his ... seconds. Hamlet then dies in honor of his country and deceased father, but not before getting the revenge he had wanted during the entire play. Laertes arrives from France wanting to know why his father was killed, by whom, and why he was not given a proper burial. He had a band ...

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... , thinking Claudius was eavesdropping on his conversation with his mother, took out his sword and stabbed the curtains. Polonius, the father of Ophelia and Laertes, was spying for Claudius and was behind the curtains. Polonius is accidentally killed. The ghost appears to Hamlet and he talks to it. Gertrude ... letters directing the king to see that Hamlet dies. Ophelia is distraught over her father's death and her loss of Hamlet's love. Her brother, Laertes arrives from Paris to revenge the death of his father, Polonius. He discovers that not only has his father been killed but that is s...

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... of the play. Claudius has a plan to kill Hamlet but it backfires at first and comes up with another one. Hamlet is sword fighting with Laertes and while this all happening te glass of poison that was intended to kill Hamlet from Claudius is drank by Gertrude and she dies. Then when ... Hamlet sees his mom die Laertes stabs him with a poison sword which Hamlet eventually stabs Laertes with also. As Laertes is dieing, he tells Hamlet that he is right and that Claudius did murder his father. When Hamlet hears ... finally avenging his father's death and not to long after collapses himself an...

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... children is touched upon in Hamlet, throughout the entire play. The first example of this is seen through the relationship of Polonius, Laertes, and Ophelia. Polonius offers Laertes good, fatherly advice before Laertes leaves Denmark. Polonius tells him, "Give every man thy ear, but few thy voice; / Take each man's censure, but reserve ... thy judgement." (I, iv, 68-69). He wants his son to be wise and stay clear of conflict. He suggests that Laertes should listen to others rather than interject. Polonius eventually offers his last piece of advice saying, "This above all: to thine own s...

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... of the king's courtiers tells Hamlet that the king "has laid a great wager on your head" (5.2.97-8), Hamlet learns that he is challenged to a duel with Laertes which is to happen before the king and queen. Even though Hamlet has a sword in his hand and Claudius perfectly reachable he still does not kill him. It ... is that Claudius planned the duel in order to kill him. In an earlier scene Claudius and Laertes make plans to poison the tip of Laertes's sword so that the slightest cut will kill Hamlet. Claudius decides that if Laertes cannot cut Hamlet they will need another way, so Claudiu...

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... with his plan for revenge, he moves quickly and does not care what happens to him. Although Hamlet and Laertes are both taking revenge, Hamlet thinks about the entire process instead of taking action while Laertes acts quickly and only thinks about revenge. Beginning in Act I we see the theme of revenge begin with Hamlet ... his brother. The ghost of King Hamlet returns and reminds Hamlet not to take revenge on his mother. The death of Polonius brings home his son Laertes from France. Like Hamlet, Laertes plans to take revenge for the death of his father, but unlike Hamlet he takes quic...

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... Act 5, scene 2 and are all caused by poison. Claudius supplies the poison, but the weapon Claudius really uses is Laertes" desire for revenge against Hamlet. Hamlet's killing of Laertes" father and the resulting tragic death of his sister have caused Laertes to hate Hamlet. Laertes tells Claudius that he wants to destroy Hamlet, "I will be ruled, The rather if you could devise it so ... That I might be the organ." (IV.vii.67-69). Hamlet is not suspicious of a fencing match with Laertes. Laertes" sword has a poison tip, so when he strikes Hamlet with it Hamlet will surely die. However, C...

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... then the ghost suddenly appears and then disappears without saying a word. Heratio acknowledged that the ghost figure did resemble the deceased King Hamlet. ACT 1 SCENE 2 Characters: King, Queen, Hamlet, Polonius, Laertes, Voltimana, Cornelius, Heratio, Bernardo, Marcellus, Lord, Attendant Setting: A public state room in the castle. Summary: The next morning, after Heratio and the guardsmen see the ghost, King Claudius announces ... king and stabs his sword through the curtain. Instead of stabbing the king, he ends up stabbing and killing Polonius. ACT 5 SCENE 1 Characters: First Clown, ...

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... letters written to the English King, there are instructions to murder Hamlet upon his arrival. Back at the castle Poloniuses sudden death by Hamlet's sword has driven Ophelia to insanity. Laertes (her brother) charges the castle, intending to avenge his father's murder but he learns the king is not responsible for the dead hamlet is. So he and Claudius conduct a plan ... peasants digging Ophelia's grave and wondering whether her death was an accidental or suicide. Hamlet is stunned to learn that beautiful Ophelia is the one being buried. At the burial Laertes jumps into the open grave t...

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... is King Hamlet who is supposed to be revenge by his son prince Hamlet. The second murder is Polonius who is supposed to be revenged by his son Laertes. Both Prince Hamlet and Laertes go to seek revenge for the death of fathers; however they will each use different methods to accomplish their deeds. Prince Hamlet has a meeting with the dead ghost ... the match. Hamlet returns to the vicinity of Elsinore just as Ophelia's funeral is taking place. Stricken with grief, he attacks Laertes and declares that he had in fact always loved Ophelia. The fencing match is arranged between Hamlet and ...

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... tragic scene, where everyone is victimized in one way or another; The competition begins as trumpets, drums, swords, wine, cushions and crowds are gathered onstage. Hamlet apologizes for wronging Laertes in his madness, and Laertes superficially accepts his repentance. As the duel commences, King Claudius toasts to Hamlet with wine and secretly prepares a poisoned chalice which is meant to kill hamlet is ... Laertes fails to slay him. Hamlet begins to win the fencing match and this worries Claudius, at which point he offers Hamlet the tainted cup. Hamlet refuses to drink. Instead, Queen...

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... so he can become king. The love of Hamlet, Ophelia is weak-minded, she cannot come to grips with her fathers death. Ophelias' brother, Laertes is greatly impressionable. The father of the two siblings, Polonius is always in everyone else's business and is undoubtedly nosey. The entitled character Hamlet avoids ... her fathers death Ophelia could not stop grieving so to end the sorrow she committed suicide and therefore her fatal flaw was being weak-minded. Laertes has a very impressionable personality. He lets his father tell him what to do when he leaves for France in the beginning of th...

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... , what they say and what others say about them. The most revengeful characters in the play are Hamlet, the Ghost of King Hamlet, King Claudius and Laertes. Hamlet, the prince of Denmark, is very disturbed by his father's death and his mother's quick marriage to his uncle. Hamlet feels that, "Denmark is ... election and my hopes,"(i.: v.: 975). The devious King Claudius plans to kill Hamlet anyway that he can. When his first attempt fails, he manipulates Laertes to have him help. The king boldly states in one of their discussions, "No place indeed should murder sanctuarize, Revenge should...

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... discover that Hamlet's inability to revenge his father's murder early on in the play has a negative impact on all the principal characters, including Hamlet himself. To begin with, Polonius and Laertes are major characters that contribute greatly to this play. In fact, the first character to die, in Hamlet, is Polonius. It is tempting to presume that Polonius is cunning because ... ), mistaking the counselor for king Claudius. This makes Polonius" death a tragedy. However, if Polonius were not present in the play, Laertes" loyalty to his family would not have been so strong. In addition,...

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... was always conducted by his father, can not support his death. Now she doesn't have his protection anymore and feels very insecure and desolated. Even her brother Laertes is not there to console her. So, because of his father's death and Hamlet's behavior, Ophelia goes mad and commits "suicide". Her death is the ... thing it loves." (Act IV, scene V, page 150, l.152-160) "One woe doth tread upon another's heel, So fast they follow - your sister's drown"d, Laertes." (Act IV, scene VII, page 185, p.164-165) Although there is no textual evidence to support that Ophelia commits suicide, sin...

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... here because later in Act 5 we see that Hamlet feels sorry that he had fought with Laertes because Laertes is in the same state of revenge for the death of his father. This shows that Hamlet and Laertes are similar in the way they associate with their families. Laertes highly respects and loves his father Polonius, so does Hamlet (Hamlet compares his father to ... after Hamlet has told her about Claudius's act of murder she still protects him; and when Laertes rushes into the king's apartment accusing him of murder, she tries to calm him down "calmly good Laertes" and later defends Clau...

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... process of making him more ruthless by causing him to begin lying to people and start to deceive people into thinking he is crazy. When he fights Laertes he is at last ready to take charge of the situation. First Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, they help start Hamlet on the path to revenge for his fathers ... he is finally confronting someone instead of just planning and scheming. This is a necessary step in order for him to be able to kill Claudius. Second, Laertes, at the point when he and Hamlet fight, Hamlet has finally gathered up the courage to act on what he feels. He has stopped hi...

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... friend of Prince Hamlet in the final few lines of the play. He speaks these words after the deaths of Hamlet, Claudius, King of Denmark, Gertrude, Queen of Denmark, and Laertes, son of Polonius. Also dead are Hamlet, King of Denmark, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, former friends of Hamlet, Polonius, councilor to the King, and Ophelia, daughter of Polonius. Death is an ... Hamlet's madness and the death of her father. In the very last scene of the play, Prince Hamlet is killed. He is stabbed by Laertes with a poisoned sword during a duel. Both Claudius and Laertes want Hamlet dead. Laerte...

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