There were three major families in Hamlet. They were, the family of King Fortinbras, the family of Polonius, and the family of King Hamlet. The father of each family were all murdered in the play. King Hamlet killed Fortinbras, King of Norway, during a sword fight, "...our valiant Hamlet for so this side of our known world esteem'd him did slay this Fortinbras." This gave King Hamlet the land that Fortinbras owned. Polonius was an advisor to the King, and was Laertes and Ophelia's father. He was a nosy and arrogant man, and he did not trust his children. Hamlet killed Polonius while he was eves dropping behind a curtain on a conversation between Hamlet and his mother. "How now! A rat? Dead, for a ducat, dead!" In the play, Hamlet finds out that King Claudius really killed his o

All of the sons of the murdered fathers all had one thing in common, they all wanted revenge for their fathers' death. All of the three sons swore to revenge and all of them tried their best to do so. They all wanted to use force as their revenge. But Fortinbras swore that he wouldn't harm Denmark. But both Laertes and Hamlet did use force to avenge their fathers. In the time period that Hamlet is in, avenging the murder of your father was part of one's honor.

Hamlet and Laertes were a lot alike because they both got revenge by killing the other person. Luckily for Fortinbras, he didn't have to do anything because the kingdom of Denmark all took care of one another's death. As a theme, revenge was present in all parts of the play. It is ironic how Claudius, Laertes, and Hamlet all died of the same sword. It is also ironic that the first to seek revenge for their father against Claudius was Fortinbras, who becomes King of Denmark in the end. Revenge was the driving force behind three of the main characters of the play, for two it led to downfall, and for the other it led to greatness.

Laertes found out about his father's death, and immediately returned home. He confronted the King and accused him of the murder of his father. Claudius told Laertes that Hamlet was responsible for his father's death. He then decides to kill Hamlet to avenge the death of his father. He and Claudius thinks up of a plan to kill Hamlet. Laertes had brought some poison back with him and planned to put it on the sword when they fight. The King added that Hamlet will be tired and would want a drink, so they should poison a drink for Hamlet also. During the sword fight while Hamlet was not looking, Laertes stabs Hamlet with the poisoned sword

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