FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
HAMLET
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Question
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to avenge his father’s death
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to avenge King Hamlet’s death
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to replace Hamlet as prince
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to replace his father as chief counselor
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Detailed explanation-1: -Laertes is sent to Paris to study, and returns to Denmark shortly before Hamlet’s father dies. Laertes is outraged by his own father’s death and wants revenge. He conspires with Claudius to kill Hamlet, but ultimately fails. Laertes dies after being stabbed with a poisoned sword by Hamlet.
Detailed explanation-2: -Laertes returns home to find his father dead and his sister mad.
Detailed explanation-3: -His reason for wanting to kill Hamlet is that he killed his father. In addition, he wanted to do this because Hamlet had a love relationship with his sister. He feels that he must revenge for his father’s death in order for him to have peace and to keep his reputation untainted (“Hamlet’s revenge, ” para. 1).
Detailed explanation-4: -Laertes immediately returns from France upon hearing the news of his father, Polonius’s death. Being an impulsive and passionate person, he swears to avenge his passing. Shortly after, he gathers a mob of people and storms Claudius’s castle, thinking the man is responsible for the murder.
Detailed explanation-5: -Let come what comes, only I’ll be revenged most thoroughly for my father.”. Laertes is blinded by the idea of revenge, to the extent in which he rejects the consequences of murder in the afterlife. Sadly, Laertes’s feelings of loss lead to his death, but not before, he stabs Hamlet with a poisoned blade.