Shakespeare's Hamlet: Essay In the play Hamlet, Shakespeare portrays the death of three fathers of four separate characters who all go about trying to revenging the deaths in different manners. ... Also in the play there are other characters; Ophelia, Laertes, and Fortinbras that undergo the same quest to seek revenge for their respective father's deaths, but go about in different routes. ... As soon as he found out that Hamlet was the one who killed is father, he conspired to kill him, but his plan backfires and not only kills Hamlet, but himself as well. The third character wa...

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In Hamlet, The Norwegian army, led by Fortinbras, wants to invade Denmark. This is because of the acts of the old King Hamlet towards old Fortinbras. King Hamlet had slain old Fortinbras in battle and now the young prince Fortinbras is seeking revenge. Fortinbras ends up invading Denmark when everyone had died, and declared himself king. ... All but two of the main characters, Horatio and Fortinbras die. ...

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Whereas the king and the prince Hamlet and all others died in this bloodily tragedy for the sake of revenge, I, Fortinbras, the Prince of Norway, embrace my fortune with sorrow. ... I feel thankful for old King Hamlet and his brother's service to this nation, but I also feel sorry for their deaths. Although my father, the old King of Norway, was killed by the old King Hamlet, now, it's time to stop the endless revenge, and everyone of them has come to their destiny. ... Denmark was once a leading country in north Europe under the rule of old King Hamlet's. ... I really admired...

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