Hamlet
Hamlet, Laertes and Fortinbras are all very distinct character in this play. Hamlet is given to deep thought, Laertes is hot tempered, and Fortinbras is obsessed with waging war and winning respect. Each of these characters has lost their fathers and must figure out for himself how to go about revenge.From the very beginning of the play Hamlet is troubled by his mother's decision to marry Claudius - he thinks it is a bit too hasty, not to mention incestuous - but soon he learns even more troubling news: a ghost informs him, in the form of his father, that the former King was murdered by his uncle Claudius. Is Hamlet a hero or a villain? By all accounts he is neither perfect nor innocent. He treats Ophelia cruelly, he happily sends Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to their deaths, and he decides not to kill the King at one point b
Polonius, spying on his son, his daughter, Hamlet and the Queen, ultimately pays with his own life. As king Fortinbras honors Hamlet with a royal ceremony. Hamlet is fairly level headed, Laertes is hot tempered. Hamlet finds out about the murder of his father from a ghost. Fortinbras is the nephew of the old ruler of Norway, also called Fortinbras. Hamlet struggles at times with suicidal thoughts, but in the end he decides it is more honorable to live a difficult life and see his father avenged than to give up. Each of them have lost their fathers and deal with it in very different ways. Outraged at the deaths of his father and sister, Laertes sets himself on a collision-course with Hamlet. Laertes is a hot tempered maniac who sets his sights on Hamlet killing him in the end. The play doesn't actually say whether Fortinbras becomes the king but it is implied. He wins Hamlet's respect because of his ability to act so decisively, and to defend his family's and nation's honor at any price, qualities Hamlet certainly envies. ecause he wants to secure the King's eternal damnation. While Hamlet is unquestionably the center of this play, there are at least ten other characters who also prominent. The son of Polonius, Laertes is roughly Hamlet's age and studies at a university in France.
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