... so much for studying but for the life of "drinking, fencing, swearing, quarreling, drabbing" (II, ii, 25). Therefore, one can note from the beginning that Hamlet is a man of thought while Laertes is a man of action. Despite their opposing personalities, both had the same desire to take revenge for their fathers whom they shared deep love and respect for, although the method ... out about Reynaldo spying on him where as Hamlet is able to figure out the betrayal of his two friends, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. This, again, proves to show Hamlet's intelligence (man of thought) where as La...

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