... brothers " can't make up the love he had for Ophelia. It is after this that Laertes joins Claudius, and schemes to kill Hamlet by poisoning the foil they plan to use in a joust between Hamlet and Laertes. The appearance of the two clowns 'in Act 5 Scene I provide a respite to the intense and somber mood so that the audience is put at ease before the dreaded ... of death, his obscurejuneral ... ... as 'twere from heaven to earth, that I must call 't in question". Laertes is enraged, furious, and persistent in his quest for immediate revenge and prepares a duel with Hamlet. He is blinded ...

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