... undergoes a tragic end because he is the only one of the three to realize the importance of good leadership, but it is too late when he has his epiphany. Fortinbras commands to have Hamlet remembered like a soldier, which reveals his ignorance on the matter. Laertes' relationship with Polonius evolves throughout the play. The distinct difference from the other two relationships is that Laertes is ... a noble past, one that cannot be relived. In the present, however, Fortinbras seeks to reclaim the land that his father lost. The young Fortinbras is strikingly different from his father; h...

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... avenge his father's death illustrates his impulsiveness. Later on in Act 3 scene 1 he is unsure of what the ghost represents "May be devil, and the devil hath power"( 554). Hamlet's uncertainty illustrates his indecisiveness and foreshadows his contemplative attitude. Laertes is the son of Polonius and a soldier. He spends most of his time in France. Laertes" persona illustrates Hamlet's need to complete ... the task at hand (revenge) as well as Hamlet's impulsiveness. Like Hamlet, Laertes is a good warrior but spontaneous and seeks revenge for his father's death. In act 4, scene ... t...

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... his life due to human frailty. Ophelia tells us that before the events of the play Hamlet was a model courtier, soldier and scholar, "The glass of fashion and the mould of form,/ The observed of all observers." A modern boy scout to say the least, but as the play unwinds, his actions and thoughts catch him and slowly turn ... "I loved Ophelia. Forty thousand brothers/Could not, with all their quantity of love,/ Make up my sum" [Act V, scene I, lines 250-253], during the fight with Laertes in Ophelia's grave, but he tells her that he never loved her, when she returns his letters and gifts,...

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... procrastination regarding his revenge. Hamlet is unsure of the ghost. Though the ghost resembles his father, "In the same figure like the king that's dead" (I. i. 41), he is not sure if it is good and is trying to help or is evil and is trying to take his soul, "The spirit that I have seen/ May be the devil and the devil hath power/ To assume a pleasing shape" (II ... deliver"(IV. ii. 380- 387). To honor and give thanks to Hamlet, Fortinbras tells his men to give Hamlet a soldiers funeral, " Bear Hamlet like a soldier to the stage" (IV.ii.398). Thus concluding the play. In conclusion in...

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... his deception, which will be discussed. With the first appearance of the foreboding ghost of Hamlet's dead father, he learns the truth of his father's death at the hands of treacherous uncle, the new king of Denmark, Claudius. He informs his good friend Horatio that he will use his ... grief stricken insanity to his advantage. By using his insanity to his advantage it gives him an opportunity and method to gathering information and proof from his enemies so he can devise a way to achieve his revenge on Claudius. Even though Hamlet vowed to avenge his father's death, he has doubts about t...

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... does for all human personalities. Ophelia tells us that before the events of the play Hamlet was a model courtier, soldier and scholar, "The glass of fashion and the mould of form, / Th' observed of all observers." (3,1,153-4) With the death of his father and the hasty, incestuous remarriage of his mother to his uncle, however ... flat, and unprofitable." (1,2,133-4) Though his faith in the value of life has been destroyed by this double confrontation with death and human unfaithfulness, he feels impotent to effect any change in this new reality: "It is not, nor it cannot come to good. ...

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