1. Foil Characters in Shakspeare's Hamlet
... his 'to be or not to be' soliloquy), except when he is in a rage, in which he then acts spontaneously and impulsively as when he killed Polonius in a moment of fury thinking he were Claudius. Only in this situation did Hamlet act very Laertes-like, which is usually very unlike his character. Likewise, both characters' fatherly figures in the play (Polonius ... ...
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- Grade Level: Graduate