1. Foil Characters in Shakspeare's Hamlet
... saw his mother dying in front of him did he consider killing Claudius justifiable) despite the golden opportunities presented to him. On the other hand Laertes does not think twice about when and how he will avenge his father Polonius' death by arranging with Claudius to kill Hamlet, even if that requires "cut[ting] his throat i' th' church" (IV, vii, 125), as opposed ... to Hamlet who couldn't get himself to kill Claudius while he was repenting in church. This shows that most of Hamlet's thoughts and lack of action are ... ). This attribute of Hamlet makes him trick Laertes into thinki...
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- Grade Level: Graduate