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A 4 page paper which examines how
Hamlet, Laertes, and Fortinbras, from Shakespeare’s Hamlet, all lose a father and react
differently to the loss, thus bringing about different ends. No additional sources cited.
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4 pages (~225 words per page)
File: JR7_RAhamfth.rtf
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journey to seeking vengeance. But, the story of Hamlet also possesses the death of other fathers. Two of those other characters are Laertes and Fotinbras. The following paper examines how
each of these three characters reacts to the death of their father and how their actions result in different endings for the characters. Hamlet As most of us
know, Hamlet loses his father to murder. He learns of this murder, and also learns who the murderer is through visits from his fathers ghost. When he discovers that his
step father was the one who killed his father he vows revenge, something the ghost insists upon. However, he slowly doubts himself and his mission. He knows he is obligated,
in one way or another, to seek vengeance but he is unsure if outright murder is the way to go. In the beginning he thinks this approach is fine, but
as he feigns insanity and learns more and more details his noble and honorable nature come into play. He knows he cannot simply murder his fathers killer. The scene
that best illustrates this is when the new king is praying and Hamlet has every opportunity to come up behind him and kill him. "Now might I do it pat,
now he is praying; And now Ill dot. And so he goes to heaven; And so am I revenged" (Hamlet III iii). He stops, however, and truly begins to examine
the situation, trying to convince himself that he should kill him "He took my father grossly, full of bread; With all his crimes broad blown, as flush as May; And
how his audit stands who knows save heaven?" (Hamlet III iii). He realizes that he should wait for a better time, perhaps a more noble and honorable way of attacking
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