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The importance of Laertes and Fortinbras
Title: The importance of Laertes and Fortinbras
Category: Literature / English
Details: Words: 536 | Pages: 2.3 (approximately 235 words/page)
The importance of Laertes and Fortinbras
In the Shakespearean play, Hamlet, Laertes and Fortinbras have important roles although they are minor characters. Fortinbras and Laertes importance arise because they are parallel characters to Hamlet, and they provide pivotal points on which to compare the actions and emotions of Hamlet throughout the play. They are also important in Hamlet, as they are imperative to the plot of the play and the final resolution.
Laertes is a mirror to Hamlet. Shakespeare has made …showed first 75 words of 536 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 536 total…Hamlet mulls over how he is going to act and defers action until his own procrastination disgusts him into acting. This does not mean, however that Hamlet is unable to act on impulse, since in Act V Hamlet acts impulsively when he and Laertes jumped into Ophelia’s grave.
However, despite the insidious actions of Laertes in proposing the challenge of a duel with Hamlet, Laertes is without the cruelty and vindictiveness of Hamlet. Hamlet
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