Fathers and Sons in Hamlet Essay -- Shakespeare Hamlet

Fathers and Sons in crossroads Hamlets father, Old King Hamlet who he looked up to was recently refineed, and his mother married his uncle within a month. He receives a visit from the ghost of his father which urges him to revenge Claudius stain and most unnatural murder (I, v, 32) of Old Hamlet. It is only logical that infra these circumstances, Hamlet would be under great duress, and it would not be anomalous for him to express grief. Fortnibra and Laertes alike have to deal with the avenging their fathers death. Fortinbras and Laertes are parallel characters to Hamlet, and they forget critical points on which to compare the actions and emotions of Hamlet throughout the diarrhea. They are also important in Hamlet, as they are imperative to the plot of the play and the final resolution. Hamlet, Laertes and Fortinbras are three young men who are situated in similar circumstances, that is, to get revenge for their fathers deaths. The way they each come out to t erms with their grief and how they rise to the call of vengeance is one of the master(prenominal) contrasts between the three. Hamlet is the Renaissance man who is well rounded in all areas. He has a tremendous acting abilities, and he is a scholar who analyzes everything and is very philosophical, as was shown in his assessment of life in the To be, or not to be soliloquy. Hamlets philosophical side is also brought to twinkle in the prayer scene. At this point he has the opportunity to kill Claudius while he is attempting to repent. However, Hamlet does not take that chance because he desires kill Claudius when he is drunk asleep, or in his rage/ Or in the incestuous pleasure of his bed, so that his soul will be as damnd and black/ As hell, wher... ...nalyzed and executed as he planned. Fortinbras big businessman to act upon causal agency and not emotion is one of the most portentous differences he has with Hamlet. Hamlet and Laertes represent the extremes of act ion. Fortinbras therefore, is the midpoint of the two extremes his ability to reason and the act upon the reason has resulted in his possession of both lands and throne as he set out to avenge. Works Cited Adelman, Janet. 1985. Male Bonding in Shakespeares Comedies. In Shakespeares Rough Magic Renaissance Essays in Honor of C.L. Barber, edited by Peter Erickson and Copplia Kahn. Cranbury and London Associated University Presses, 73-103. Boklund, Gunnar. Hamlet. Essays on Shakespeare. Ed. Gerald Chapman. Princeton, NJ Princeton University Press, 1965. Shakespeare, William. Hamlet. Ed. T. J. B. Spencer. New York Penguin, 1996.