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             Hamlet
             The Father's and Son's of Hamlet
            
             In this life there are great plays written by people in the past. We are Lucky enough to be able to read these great plays and analyze them until we become very knowledgeable and studied. One of these great plays is "Hamlet," written by William Shakespeare. It is tale of corruption, seduction, and revenge brought forth by the killing of King Hamlet. As young Hamlet finds this out, he is enraged with anger that his father's life has been taken away from him. This structure of young and old is used throughout the play of Hamlet in order to dramatize the Father and Son Relationship.
             For instance, some person who has killed the father's has destroyed every father son relationship; in turn making the sons seek out revenge. In the case of Fortinbras the king of Norway, was killed by Hamlet Senior. This made Fortinbras junior mad and revengeful of Hamlet. Since young Fortinbras has the same goals of the older Fortinbras then this makes both son and father alike. Old Hamlet however, has been killed by someone who has put poison in his ear. He then comes back from the dead as a ghost in order to seek out revenge. "Revenge his foul and most unnatural murder." He tells his son he wants him to revenge his death and change the outcome of his uncle's reign as king. Hamlet is like his father in this way because he too was already confused and distraught by his Uncle becoming king, as well as his Mother marrying him. "Haste me to know't, that I, with wings as swift, as meditation or the thoughts of love, May sweep to my revenge." Perhaps the weirdest of th!
             e two relationships is between Laertes, who is in France most of the time, and his father Polonius. Polonius trying to listen in on a conversation is killed by Hamlet. "I'll sconce me even here. Pray you, be round with him." Laertes and Polonius don't re...