"That drop of blood that calm proclaims
             Since the beginning, Hamlet, Laertes, and Fortinbras had been proclaimed bastard
             by the deaths of their father by another's hand. Experiencing the same pain of the loss of
             their fathers, each of them wished to seek the recompense of it with the blood of those
             who murdered their fathers. With the experience came a driving force that would
             overpower their own will. A relationship of holding a vendetta would be one of the many
             similarities as so they would also share many differences.
             "Let come what comes, only I'll be revenged
             Most throughly for my father." (4, 5, 153-154)
             Imposing madness forced upon Laertes, lured him into a path that has lead him
             astray from the life of happiness and bliss he had known. The death of his father has
             imposed an insanity unlike and he has yet to know about. The insanity that Laertes is
             experiencing here is much like the insanity Hamlet has been feeling and experiencing
             through out the entire tragedy. At this point, both Hamlet and Laertes were so similar in
             there insanity. Such similarities like a strong hatred toward King Claudius and an
             overwhelming need to avenge the deaths of their dear fathers.
             My thoughts be bloody, or be nothing worth!" (4, 4, 68-69)
             Upon Hamlet meeting his foil, Fortinbras, he had found himself within another
             person that held nearly the same driving forces. Hamlet had found someone that had lost
             his father and was willing to sacrifice his own life for that cause alone. But unlike
             Hamlet, Fortinbras was unwilling to wait for a Claudius to be in a position that would
             damn Claudius forever. Fortinbras was assembling his forces while Hamlet was waiting
             for Claudius to be in a compromisable situation to curse his soul to hell forever. With
             this, Hamlet had found himself that he was being much too merciful upon the very person
             who had shown no mercy to his...