Shakespeare’s Hamlet various foils are used to make the play more intricate and complex. These foils involve numerous characters that help develop different relationships and conflicts. They can also be used to help develop or understand a major character. The foil must have some similarities with the main character in order to form a connection with him. A foil must also be different in order to show or distinguish something about the main character. Laertes and Fortinbras are examples of foils in this
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Project #24 Comparing and Contrasting Hamlet and Laertes There are many ways throughout the play in which Hamlet and Laertes are both similar and different. Some are more obvious than the others‚ but yet they are still there. You may not think that there are any similarities because of the outward differences between these two men‚ like their family background. Hamlet is the son of the dead king‚ his father‚ and is heir to the throne of Denmark. Laertes is the son of Polonius‚ who is basically
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an emotion that is triggered when somebody does you wrong. In the Shakespearean play Hamlet‚ revenge is the theme that sticks out the most. In the play‚ Hamlet and Laertes seek revenge for the wrong doing of their fathers. While doing so‚ they both end up chancing it and wind up dying in the end. Although Hamlet is overwhelmed by his mother unexpected marriage to his Uncle Claudius after his father’s death‚ Hamlet doesn’t seek revenge until he speaks with his father’s ghost. “I am thy father’s spirit”
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Shakespeare’s comparison of Hamlet and Laertes displays two different methods of seeking revenge. The play shows a distinction in the importance of morality and honour for each character. Hamlet is cautionary in the actions which he takes to avenge his father’s death. This is proven when Hamlet says “a villain kills my father‚ and for that/ I‚ his sole son‚ do this same villain send/ to heaven”(3.3.76-78). Hamlet’s choice not to kill Claudius is base on the belief that he will be able to go to heaven
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Hamlet quotes “Frailty‚ thy name is woman!” Hamlet; Hamlet is angry with his his mother for re marrying as quickly as a he did. He is saying that a woman changes her mind quickly . “Thrift‚ thrift‚ Horatio! The funeral bak’d meats / Did coldly furnish forth the marriage tables.” Hamlet; it was right after they buried his father that his mother married his uncle. It happened in such a short time that Hamlet feels like the food from the funeral could have been used for the wedding tables
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uniqueness‚ style‚ and way of life. The audience witnesses this phenomenon in Shakespeare’s Hamlet. Lord Hamlet and Laertes experienced similar childhoods‚ and shared similar family attributes. They were both born into royalty and throughout their lives were treated as such. Hamlet and Laertes were reared with the same forms of schooling‚ and were taught to abide by the same ethics and morals. Although Hamlet and Laertes seem to be "twined" with regard to family‚ royalty‚ and school‚ it is evident to the
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their hands. Hamlet‚ Laertes and Fortinbras are seeking revenge for wrongs committed against their families. Hamlet seeking revenge on his father’s murder. Hamlet uncle kills Hamlet farther and don’t tell anyone. Hamlet finds out by the ghost of king Hamlet who says “The serpent that did sting thy father’s life Now wears his crown.” and tells him that your uncle has murder me in the yard. Hamlets was scared at first. Hamlet had to make sure that did his uncle kill his father. Hamlet made a play about
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Hamlet: Laertes An Important Character In Play Though seeming to simply be a minor character‚ Laertes is of great importance in the play‚ Hamlet‚ and much more than one would initially believe‚ due to his extensive inner conflict. He is good‚ loyal‚ and honourable‚ seeming to possess the greatest virtue of all the characters‚ yet he still is doomed to die along with the other characters‚ precisely because of his great virtue. As Scene Two begins‚ in the first lines which Laertes speaks in the
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Hamlet (prince of Denmark) can be greatly compared to Laertes (son of a noble)‚ and Fortinbras (prince of Norway) in the play. They all are very similar but yet different at the same time. They all had love and respect for their fathers and felt the need to avenge their deaths‚ which all were brutally killed. All three believed that the murderers had dishonoured their fathers as well as themselves. They all reacted and took different approaches in attempt to restore honour in their families.
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Many playwrights utilize foils to assist the audience in deeply understanding the meaning of a play or the motivations of the characters . Foils are minor characters that have similarities or differences with a major character. Often the minor character is in the play so that the major character has someone to speak with. The similarities between the foil and the major are typically gender‚ same social class‚ or being in the same situation. The differences between the two may be an important
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