Right from the start you could see that Laertes was a foil character to Hamlet. Laertes and Hamlet’s fathers died and they both wanted revenge, Except Laertes was more of a doer and Hamlet was more of a thinker. In the story Hamlet shows how Laertes is his foil character many ways as in he comes to denmark to kill the new king.Laertes and Hamlet Laertes is a strong minded man that knows what he wants. At the same time Laertes does not take in that his actions contradict to everyone not just himself. Claudius uses him for his own purposes. Laertes has a sister named Ophelia and Hamlet is in love with her. Laertes has a father named Polonius, which Hamlet ends up killing accidently. Hamlet on the other hand, is witty, He doesn't think clearly
