Laertes, Horatio and Fortinbras as foil characters to Hamlet

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In William Shakespeare's play Hamlet, Hamlet's character development is helped greatly by the similarities and differences in his foil characters.

One of Hamlet's foil characters is Laertes. Both Laertes and Hamlet went through the tragedies of loosing their fathers. Although both characters are completely different they both react very similar to this news. When Hamlet finds out his father was killed by his uncle, Claudius, he immediately plots to avenge his father's death and kill Clau



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