In the play Hamlet, William Shakespeare creates three parallel sets of fathers and sons, which include King Hamlet and Hamlet, old King Fortinbras and young Fortinbras, and Polonius and Laertes. Hamlet is the crown prince of Denmark who comes back from the university in Wittenberg, Germany, to find out that his father is dead, his mother being married to the king's brother, Claudius, and Claudius being the newly crowned King. Polonius is the Lord Chamberlain of Claudius’s court. He is the father of Laertes and Ophelia. Laertes is Polonius’s son and Ophelia’s brother; he returns from school because of King Hamlet's death, goes back to Paris after his visit, and then returns again after his own father's murder. Fortinbras is the young Prince
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Even though plots in the beginning and middle of the play signify major similarities between the pairs, the fates of young Fortinbras, Hamlet, and Laertes are vastly different at the throughout the …show more content…
The sons were actions were mostly exaggerated by the killings of their fathers. They therefore wanted take revenge for their father’s death. Hamlet wants revenge on his uncle Claudius for killing his father. King Claudius says, “Lost by his father, with all bonds of law, to our most valiant brother.”(Act 1, Scene 2, Lines 24-25). This part of the play signifies Claudius’s fake innocence towards his brother’s death, which makes hamlet even more intimidated and leads him to want to really take revenge for his father’s death. Laertes wants to take revenge on Hamlet for killing his Father Polonius and causing the madness of his sister Ophelia. King Fortinbras was the King of Norway at the time when King Hamlet of Denmark killed him in man-to-man battle. By this, King Hamlet stated the land that was of King Fortinbras. This gave reason to Young Fortinbras for taking revenge for his father’s death by taking back his land. He began to create his own army to assist him in taking over Denmark. Young Fortinbras makes a move to take capture a piece of worthless land. This is understood from the part where his army’s Captain talk with Hamlet, “We go gain a little patch of ground that hath in it no profit but the name.” (Act 4, Scene 4, Lines 18-19). Here, young Fortinbras is going to war with Poland in order to regain land
Even though plots in the beginning and middle of the play signify major similarities between the pairs, the fates of young Fortinbras, Hamlet, and Laertes are vastly different at the throughout the …show more content…
The sons were actions were mostly exaggerated by the killings of their fathers. They therefore wanted take revenge for their father’s death. Hamlet wants revenge on his uncle Claudius for killing his father. King Claudius says, “Lost by his father, with all bonds of law, to our most valiant brother.”(Act 1, Scene 2, Lines 24-25). This part of the play signifies Claudius’s fake innocence towards his brother’s death, which makes hamlet even more intimidated and leads him to want to really take revenge for his father’s death. Laertes wants to take revenge on Hamlet for killing his Father Polonius and causing the madness of his sister Ophelia. King Fortinbras was the King of Norway at the time when King Hamlet of Denmark killed him in man-to-man battle. By this, King Hamlet stated the land that was of King Fortinbras. This gave reason to Young Fortinbras for taking revenge for his father’s death by taking back his land. He began to create his own army to assist him in taking over Denmark. Young Fortinbras makes a move to take capture a piece of worthless land. This is understood from the part where his army’s Captain talk with Hamlet, “We go gain a little patch of ground that hath in it no profit but the name.” (Act 4, Scene 4, Lines 18-19). Here, young Fortinbras is going to war with Poland in order to regain land