... their quantity of love, make up the sum-what wilt thou do for her?" (lines 271-273) Hamlet says this after diving into Ophelia's grave with Laertes her brother and grappling, which is very wrong as Laertes, being her brother also loved her dearly. Hamlets mother, Queen Gertrude tells us that the young Prince's behavior is " mere madness" (line 287) The first ... later remarks to Rosencrantz and Guildenstern that "Hamlet in madness hath Polonius slain" (line 34) Claudius also says in Act 5 Scene 1 while by the grave of Ophelia " O" he is mad, Laertes" (line 274) In Act 5 Scene 1 the famo...

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... love is a negative force present in both "Hamlet" and "Sons & Lovers"; not just between Gertrude and Hamlet (mother and son), but it also is present in Act One, Scene Three. Laertes on the surface is protecting his sister from a romantic relationship with a brooding prince, however some modern audiences have interpreted this dialogue as ... Laertes not wanting his sister Ophelia to fall into the arms of Hamlet so he can have her to himself. This is because of the use of graphic language: "chaste treasure ... ...

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... it is a-making, You must not take for fire." (I.iii.117-120). She is unable to ease her pain from her father's death through even revenge, as it is Laertes' duty, unable to ask her brother not to kill the love of her life, and not to say, "Let come what comes, only I'll be revenged Most thoroughly for ... ...

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... actions to avenge his father (Levy). His inability to control his emotions and paradoxically his lack of will to allow his emotions to control him culminates when the newly maladjusted Laertes exacts his revenge at the climax of the play. Poetic justice is served amongst all the players involved with Hamlet including his incestuous mother. Many critics note the Oedipal conflicts ... ...

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