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Hamlet, Laertes and Fortinbras Avenge Their Father's Deaths
Summary: In William Shakespeare's "Hamlet," Hamlet, Laertes, and Fortinbras all seek to avenge their father's deaths.
Hamlet was different from the other two men because his uncle killed his father, a ghost told him to avenge his fathers death, and he should have taken his revenge sooner. When Hamlet's father was sleeping in his garden he was bite by a snake, But what Hamlet did not know was that "The serpent that did sting thy father's life now wears his crown"(I.v.44-45) meaning that it was Claudius that killed him and not a snake. A ghost visited Hamlet and told him "to revenge, when thou shalt hear"(I.v.11) then he told him about how Claudius kill him. After Hamlet received his quest for revenge he had plenty of opportunities to kill Claudius but talked himself out of it "A villain kills my father; and
for that, / I, his sole son, do this same villain send / To heaven." (III.iii.79-81) thinking...
This section contains 561 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) |