Hamlet and Laertes, two of the three main/prominent young men in Hamlet (Fortinbras being the third) are each other's foil characters. ... On the other hand Laertes does not think twice about when and how he will avenge his father Polonius' death by arranging with Claudius to kill Hamlet, even if that requires "cut[ting] his throat i' th' church" (IV, vii, 125), as opposed to Hamlet who couldn't get himself to kill Claudius while he was repenting in church. This shows that most of Hamlet's thoughts and lack of action are controlled by and are a result of his high ...

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