Polonius appears like a man who loves and cares about his son, Laertes. ... This shows his lack of trust for anyone, he gives the appearance of a confident father who trusts his son to go off on his own. In reality he lies about his trust for his son by sending a spy to watch him. His advice he gives his son is rehearsed and only said to give the appearance of a loving father. ... He gives him the power to let his son Laertes stay or leave for Norway. ...

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He wants his son to be wise and stay clear of conflict. ... He wants to make sure that his son is acting properly. ... Claudius then states, "You are the most immediate to our throne; / And with no less nobility of love / Than that which dearest father bears his son, / Do I impart toward you. ... "Mother, you have my father much offended." ... She does not understand her son's feelings. ...

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In this story, three sons were seeking to avenge their father. ... Secondly, Laertes, who was the son of Polonius, wanted to revenge on Hamlet because Hamlet accidentally killed his father, Polonius and Hamlet should also be responsible for the death of Ophelia who was Laertes's sister. ... That would be scanned: a villain kills my father and for that, I, his sole son, do this same villain send to heaven. ... Laertes, who was son of Polonius and brother of Ophelia, sought to avenge their deaths on Hamlet. ... These three sons were successful to complete their revenge. ...

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Polonius appears like a man who loves and cares about his son, Laertes. ... Polonius gives his advice only to appear to be the loving caring father. ... He gives the appearance of a confident father who trusts his son to go off on his own. ... He gives him the power to let his son Laertes stay or leave for Norway. ... He tells Hamlet that he is an admirable person for grieving for so long over his father's death. ...

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Relationships between father and son are a reoccurring theme in this story. ... Fortinbras is not the only character to depict the father son relationship Hamlet has, but Laertes as well. ... One reason Hamlet is so different from the other two characters could have to do with the difference in his father son relationship. ... He simply does not have time for his son. ... she cannot pick up on her son's feeling's either. ...

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He is introduced as a father who deeply cares for his son, Laertes. ... Polonius grants his son his blessing to leave Denmark: "And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry. ... Polonius appears to be a caring and trusting father. ... This demonstrates his distrust for his son. He is not the good father he appears to be. ...

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She is of an affectionate nature, deeply loving her son Hamlet. ... At the beginning of the play we see Hamlet very disturbed by the death of his father. He does not understand how his mother could marry his uncle so soon after his father's death "but two months dead-nay, not so much, not two." ... Right off the bat, Gertrude does not seem to know anything of it and is always trying to explain to her son that it will be ok without the king "Do not forever with thy vailed lids/seek for thy noble father in the dust/thou know'st 'tis common; all that lives must die/Passing through ...

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He simply could not show it and avenge his father's death at the same time. ... Hamlet wants to make sure that Claudius experiences the eternal purgatorial walk that his father must wander through. ... While he was so determined to end Claudius' life, he states, "A villain kills my father, and for that I, his sole son, do this same villain send to heaven. ... If Hamlet discovers the truth regarding his father's death, he will likely murder Claudius. ... Gertrude believes this decision is for the welfare of her son and does nothing to prevent it. ...

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A Father and His Son Hamlet and his father had a very strange relationship within the play. His father being a ghost really made it hard for the audience to actually get to know his father well. You never get to see how much of a father son relationship they had until the ghost appears in Act 1 Scene 1 line forty- one. ... "My father! ... So he just places all the blame on his father's death. ...

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Hamlet probably felt as if his mother was glad his father was dead and she really loved her son's uncle more than his father. ... Speaking of his father dying. ... To a son, the one person, if any, that you want o make the proudest of you and prove your manhood to is your father. When this opportunity is no longer a possibility and it is taken away from a son, it leaves you breathless. ... Hamlet was able to pull himself together and overcome the idea that his father has just died and his dead father's brother moves in to take over. ...

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Hamlet's father has been murdered. His father's ghost comes back revealing his murder. ... Trust was not used by Hamlet for getting the whole truth about his father's death and tends to believe his father's ghost. ... Claudius confides in Laertes: Hamlet comes back: what would you undertake, To show yourself in deed your father's son More than in words? ... The trust that was shown between Hamlet and the Queen broke a mother and son relationship. ...

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Hamlet is stating his utmost commitment to nothing short of revenge of his fathers' death. ... Not until the very end of this second act, does Hamlet refer to his filial duty to avenge his father. Instead of carrying out the destiny described by his fathers spirit-role of the vengeful son-Hamlet exhibits insane behaviors. ... This is most brave, That I, the son of a dear father murdered, Prompted to my revenge by heaven and hell..." (1079, line 535). ... He also questions the purpose of his role-madness or vengeful son? ...

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In Act I Scene 5, the Ghost explains to Hamlet, how Claudius, Hamlet's uncle, murdered his father and that he wants Hamlet to avenge his death (I.v.38-90). ... As a result of this evil, Hamlet suffers greatly when he learns of his mother's rushed marriage: "a beast that wants discourse of reason would have mourned longer-married with my uncle, my father's brother, but no more like my father than I to Hercules: within a month, she married. ... According to Adelman, the son needs 'to make his own identity in the presence of the wife/mother', whose 'chief crim...

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Hamlet Hamlet is the Prince of Denmark, son of Queen Gertrude and the late King Hamlet. ... Hamlet then realized that the ghost was right and Claudius did murder his father. ... Hamlet pays Ophelia a visit after hearing the news of his fathers death. ... He tells them, Your noble son is mad. ... The anger from his fathers murder is understandable, but maybe Hamlet carries it too far. ...

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Hamlet despises Claudius, because he saw his father as a "God-, and in his eyes no-one could replace him. ... During this scene, we get a sense of how important the mother-son relationship is. ... During the scenes previous to act 5, we see Gertrude try to reason with Hamlet, and discuss problems with Claudius about her son. ... When old Hamlet appears to his son for the first time in act 1, he tries to tell him that his death was planned, and not an accident nor of natural causes. ... "Taint not thy mind, nor let thy soul contrive, against thy mother aught; leave her to leaven- (page 53, lin...

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How does one forgive a mother for killing the father? ... Horatio was the first of Hamlet's friends to realize the possibilities of madness in the King's son. ... Her father now lays slain by her former love's own hand, sealing an end to their love forever. ... King Claudius in Hamlet offers these words of wisdom to his nephew: Tis sweet and commendable in your nature, Hamlet, to give these mourning duties to your father: But, you must know, your father lost a father; That father lost, lost his, and the survivor bound filial obligation for some term to do obsequious sorrow: ...

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Hamlet, at first, appears to act mad when he hears of his father's death. ... (Bloom3) King Claudius, who is Hamlet's uncle, assumes the throne after the death of Hamlet's father and marries Queen Gertrude, who is Hamlet's mother and the widow to Hamlet's father. ... If thou didst ever thy dear father love."... Gertrude is now even more convinced that her son has gone mad and tells the king about the death of Polonius. ... Ophelia then arrives upset about the death of her father. ...

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The recent death of King Hamlet is a great loss to his son Prince Hamlet and his unhappiness is not helped by his mother's "o"er hasty" marriage to his uncle Claudius. Hamlet was obviously very fond of his father. ... Fortinbras himself is driven by his desire for revenge for his father's death. ... After the appearance of his father's ghost, Hamlet begins to act strangely as if the trauma of his father's death has caused him to descend into madness. ... "Do you not come your tardy son to chide", so he is obviously aware that he is procrastinating. ...

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That would be scann'd: A villain kills my father; and , for that, I, his sole son, do this same villain send To heaven. ... After the visit from his father's ghost, Hamlet vows to take immediate and vengeful action. ... "A villain kills my father; and , for that, I, his sole son, do this same villain send To heaven."" ... Hamlet is reminded of his father, who is wallowing in purgatory. ... She has essentially dumped him, following orders from her father. ...

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In the beginning of the play Hamlet, the main character's father has been killed. His father's ghost appears to him and tells him that is was his uncle, Claudius, who poisoned him. ... The fact that Fortinbras father (the King of Norway) was in fact killed by Hamlet's father before the play even began sets the tone of revenge. ... Laertes is angered by the fact that Hamlet murdered his father and Ophelia died. ... "As Banquo is dying, he tells his son Fleance to revenge his death, setting the scene for more revengeful killing as the play goes on" (Campbell 225). ...

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Laertes was the son of Polonius and the brother of Ophelia, who was dating Hamlet. Laertes receives permission from the King and his father to take leave for France. ... Laertes had nothing but love for his sister and his father, and left on good terms with both of them when he took leave to France, but when he returns, his father is dead at the hands of Hamlet, and his sister has lost her sanity from Hamlet's harsh words. There was nothing else for Laertes to do other than attack and try to justify his father's death by killing Hamlet. ... Hamlet had killed Polonius and Laertes was ...

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It is in light of his father's murder and the murder he is told to commit that we see a changed Hamlet. ... He chooses to confront his mother and brings up the murder of his father. ... Hamlet needlessly victimized the father of a close friend and the woman he loved. ... Instead, Queen Gertrude seizes the chalice and drinks to her son's good fortune, how ironic. ... he was on a mission, for his father, he hurt people he loved to avenge his father, his greatest love. ...

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Hamlet has been dressing only in black, and he has been mourning his dead father. ... Wishing to please her father and respect his advice, she thus keeps her distance from her admirer. ... While Polonius and Laertes seem to have a relatively normal father-son relationship, their relationships with Ophelia seem somewhat troubling. ... Ophelia is taken aback by this remarkable incident and informs her father of it. ... The conversation informs the audience that Ophelia has obeyed her father's orders and broken off her relationship with Hamlet, confirming her docile nature and dependence on ...

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He praises Hamlet for fulfilling his duty as a son and offers his condolence. His methodical and logical nature of thinking is exemplified through his "matter of fact" way of explaining death: "Your father lost a father, that father lost". Shakespeare has used the repetition of "father" 3 times for added effect. ... This is accentuated throughout the play by his use of the possessive pronoun - "our son". ... In act 4 scene 7 Claudius speaks to Laertes- telling him to exact revenge on Hamlet and avenge his father's death. ...

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In Hamlet's eyes Claudius is a beast in comparison to the god-like features of his father. ... Hamlet then calls himself a coward for his inability to say anything in defense of his father. ... This is most brave, That I, the son of a dear father murdered, Prompted to my revenge by heaven and hell, Must (like a whore) unpack my heart with words And fall a-cursing like a very drab (II, ii, 590-594). ... He plans to put on a play that will mirror his father's murder in order to see Claudius' guilty reaction. ... In each of his soliloquies, Hamlet laments on his inability to act in...

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