Fathers and Sons in Hamlet Essay -- Shakespeare Hamlet

Fathers and Sons in Hamlet Hamlets father, Old King Hamlet who he looked up to was recently killed, 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 foul and most unnatural murder (I, v, 32) of Old Hamlet. It is only logical that under these circumstances, Hamlet would be under great duress, and it would non be abnormal for him to express grief. Fortnibra and Laertes also progress to to deal with the avenging their fathers death. Fortinbras and Laertes be parallel characters to Hamlet, and they provide critical 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. Hamlet, Laertes and Fortinbras are three young men who are placed in similar circumstances, that is, to get revenge for their fathers deaths. The modality they each come to terms with t heir grief and how they rise to the call of vengeance is one of the main contrasts between the three. Hamlet is the Renaissance man who is well move 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 light in the prayer scene. At this point he has the opportunity to kill Claudius sequence 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 ability to act upon reason and not emotion is one of the most significant differences he has with Hamlet. Hamlet and Laertes represent the extremes of action. Fortinbras therefore, is the midpoint of the two extremes his ability to reason and the act upon the reason has resulted in his self-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 venerate 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.