Hamlet as it is told is the story of a distressed prince, where the reader, audience, and characters of the story are trying to figure out if and how Hamlet has turned crazy. To the reader it appears as if Hamlet is a result of his visions of the ghost. To Hamlet's friends and acquaintances of the story it seems he has just flipped out about his father's mysterious death. Yet his mother or newly wed father cannot see anything wrong with Hamlet. QUOTE Each and every action children perform in school and in any place is a reflection of the quality of life they have in their own homes. Parents have a responsibility of taking care of their children and parents have the influence and impact that creates the primary personality of an individual. Relationships between father and son are a reoccurring theme in this story. The obvious is Hamlet and his father. His father's ghost appears early on in act one to tell Hamlet to avenge his death. The rest of the story is of Hamlets thoughts and actions due to this vision. Other characters in the story show parallel relationships. That includes the relationship between Fortinbras and his father Fortinbras is the king of Norway, or the new king of Norway now that his father has been slain. His purpose in the story is to avenge his father's death by taking back land from Denmark that his father lost (along with his life) in battle. Cluadius is able to do away with the trouble Fortinbras brings on, by letting him march into Poland untouched as they hike through Denmark. Fortinbras is not the only character to depict the father son relationship Hamlet has, but Laertes as well. After Hamlet slays Polonesius , Laertes becomes enraged. To top it off, his sister commits suicide, something Laertes is able to convince himself Hamlet is responsible for as well. With all this Laertes makes it clear to everyone that he wants to kill Hamlet. Quickly Claudius is able to cultivate this rage into a planned murder.
