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The sacred bond between a father and a son is one of the strongest bonds in existence. When it is severed, it can provoke thoughts of anger, especially in the form of revenge. The theme of revenge is apparent throughout Shakespeare's "Hamlet"; it is exemplified by Hamlet, Laertes, and young Fortinbras as they plot their revenge against the killers of their fathers. Hamlet is the first of the three to plan his revenge. While in mourning of the recent, mysterious death of his father, the king, he is contacted by a spirit, which bears resemblance to his father. When the ghost tells Hamlet that the new king, Claudius, is responsible for his father's murder, Hamlet proclaims that he will exist to avenge the death of his father. He will carry out the ghost's request: "Thy commandment all alone shall live/ Within the book and volume of my brain" (I.V.102-103). Though Hamlet has promised revenge, his actions are delayed. Hamlet decides that his revenge must wait for a while. He has realized that the ghost he has contacted might simply have been an evil spirit leading him to damnation. Instead of completely believing the ghost, he decides to set up Claudius in order to catch his conscience: "The spirit I have seen/ Maybe a devi
Laertes is once again spurred to action as he tries to strangle Hamlet. Claudius is then found in another room revealing how guilty he is and how much it is weighing on his conscience. When the second scene occurs and the player nephew of the king, Lucianus, poisons the king player, Gonzago, Claudius immediately becomes upset and stops the play. Fortinbras had waited for the right moment to! act but did not need to, as it was already done. He attempts to pray but cannot bring himself to do it. Go to their graves like beds, fight for a plot" (IV. The queen drinks from the king's cup that has been poisoned to kill Hamlet. He does ask however, that his acquaintances do not say anything about his crazy state being false: "How strange or odd some'er I bear myself/As I perchance hereafter shall think meet/To put an antic disposition/That you, at such time seeing me, never shall/Or by pronouncing of some doubtful phrase" (I.
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