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	Laertes (character) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Laertes is a character from William Shakespeare's play, Hamlet.
		Laertes is the son of Polonius as well as brother to Ophelia.
		Laertes uses his sharp, poisoned sword instead of a bated (dull) sword.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Laertes_(character) (392 words)

	Ophelia (character) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Ophelia is the submissive daughter of Polonius, a chief advisor to the new King Claudius, in the play Hamlet by William Shakespeare.
		She is deeply loved by both Hamlet and her brother, Laertes.
		Nothing is known about her mother, as the subject is not touched upon in the play.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ophelia_(character) (295 words)

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		Laertes- a suave and debonair noble, who knows he is the son of the chief advisor to the King, and shows it.
		The scene that truly tests Laertes mettle is act 5 scene 1 where at the very peak of his mourning, he is confronted by the very man who in his eyes has slain both his dear sister and respected father.
		In Olivier's, shortly after giving Laertes his leave and blessing, he then leads Ophelia aside and, kind but firm, instructs her never to see or make contact with Hamlet again, and she, being the respectful daughter, is forced to oblige.
	users.netropolis.net /slummit/port/ryanm/Hamlet8.htm (1481 words)

	Hamlet Characters review at Absolute Shakespeare
		Her funeral is the location of a fight between Hamlet and Laertes that centers on which loved her more; Hamlet believes he did, resenting Laertes exaggerated emphasis of his sorrow...
		Parallels Hamlet's character in that like Hamlet his father was a ruler (King of Norway) and that both are now nephews to the current rulers of their lands..
		A Priest: Introduces at Ophelia's funeral, the Priest insults Laertes by expressing his personal opinion that Ophelia does not deserve a proper Christian burial for ending her life by suicide, which was considered a sin unworthy of proper burial.
	absoluteshakespeare.com /guides/hamlet/characters/characters.htm (1234 words)

	Student Xpress Educational Supplement (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Laertes' concern here seems to be not with his sister's feelings but with her honour (reputation) and by implication, that of the family.
		Laertes is prepared to 'sweep' to his revenge without first clearly establishing who is responsible for his father's suspicious death.
		Thus Laertes is emotionally flmailed into a treacherous alliance which sets the catastrophe of the play in motion and precipitates his own and Claudius' deaths.
	www.studentxpress.ie /educ/english/eng1c.html (1580 words)

	Hamlet, Polonius, Laertes and Ophelia in the initial stages of Shakespeare's Hamlet
		If this were the case, Polonius' character would tend to be developed as anxious and uncertain, eternally worried about how others cope with their lives but unable to cope with his own.
		In this interpretation, Laertes would tolerate his father with amusement and affection, but become frequently frustrated by his sister's simplicity and his father's efforts to guide her, often stepping in himself to "correct" her judgment and make her decisions for her.
		Laertes' "laboursome petitions" would be spoken of fondly, illustrating Polonius' preference for Laertes -- Polonius is reluctant to see him go, but proud of all his actions and decisions.
	members.aol.com /secretslag/hamlet1.html (603 words)

	Hamlet
		The first murdered character is King Hamlet who is supposed to be revenge by his son prince Hamlet.
		As Laertes lays down dying he reveals to Hamlet that his uncle King Claudius was behind it all, the poisoned sword and drink that has just killed his mother.
		Laertes agrees with this, ready to claim Hamlets life for his father's vile murder.
	www.studyworld.com /basementpapers/sec_papers/Hamlet.html (863 words)

	Hamlet Navigator: Summary of Act 1, Scene 3 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Laertes calls Hamlet's "favor" to Ophelia "trifling," and warns her that it is like a violet, early to appear in the spring, and early to die.
		But Laertes is a firm believer in the double standard, and just says "O, fear me not," even though his father later has a strong suspicion that he is visiting French whorehouses.
		Laertes was willing to think that his sister was only weak and foolish, but Polonius assumes that she should know better and is likely to lie.
	www.clicknotes.com /hamlet/One3.html (896 words)

	SparkNotes: Hamlet: Character List
		About thirty years old at the start of the play, Hamlet is the son of Queen Gertrude and the late King Hamlet, and the nephew of the present king, Claudius.
		Polonius - The Lord Chamberlain of Claudius’s court, a pompous, conniving old man. Polonius is the father of Laertes and Ophelia.
		Ophelia is a sweet and innocent young girl, who obeys her father and her brother, Laertes.
	www.sparknotes.com /shakespeare/hamlet/characters.html (623 words)

	Shady Shakespeare Theatre Company (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Laertes, her brother, returns from university in Paris for her funeral.
		Claudius and Laertes plot together against Hamlet, making arrangements for a duel between the young men that isn’t what it appears to be: both Laertes’s sword and a cup of wine to be offered by the king are poisoned.
		Hamlet wounds Laertes with the poisoned sword; he reveals the plot and forgives Hamlet for the death of Polonius before he dies.
	www.shadyshakes.org /playbill/hamlet.htm (869 words)

	The Literary Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The character of Heathcliff is a constant presence throughout the novel, his influence persists through Catherine in his absence.
		Throughout the play, the two main characters try to remember their past in order to obtain a justification for their existence.
		The character is not refusing to orate, only to engage in normal conversation.
	www.literaryencyclopedia.com /stylebook/stylebook.php (12185 words)

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		Laertes is a distorted reflection of Hamlet, since both take justice into their own hands.
		Laertes reacts to the news of his father’s murder in a much different way than Hamlet reacted when he found out his father was murdered.
		Laertes eventually gets his revenge, but he also dies in the process, re- emphasizing the “eye for an eye” theme.
	www.arches.uga.edu /~pritan/Hamlet3.doc (952 words)

	Asim: AP English 12: Novels/Plays: Hamlet: Summary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Although Laertes is upset over the events that have recently occurred and is seeking revenge against Claudius for his father's death, Claudius manages to talk him out wanting to harm him.
		When Hamlet sees Laertes jump into the grave, crying with grief, Hamlet jumps in after and protests that he was the only one who ever truly loved her and that Laertes has no right to be displaying such emotions.
		Laertes accepts Hamlet's apology, but states that his honour demands that Hamlet duel with him to defend his honour to the court.
	www.auburn.edu /~aliasim/school/english/hamlet/summary.html (5577 words)

	Character Analysis
		Nevertheless, the traditional approach to character analysis in Western theatre is to study physical and psychological traits.
		Characters are in similar if not the same situation and yet they respond to it differently.
		Sometimes a character's station in life helps determine who he is and what he or she does.
	www.fa.mtu.edu /~dlbruch/playwriting/char.html (1371 words)

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		Laertes' death is tragic because, although he kills Hamlet, he is avenging his father's death, an act, with reference to the moral climate of the 1600s, that would have been condoned by the people who saw the play.
		The difference between Hamlet and Laertes is that Laertes does not use others to attain his goals and his revenge is in part due to the pressure put on him by Claudius.
		It can be easily seen how Laertes, influenced by Claudius in the heat of his anger, could conspire to murder Hamlet and it is in this attempt that Laertes loses his own life to the very poison he kills Hamlet with.
	www.textfiles.com /reports/ACE/ham800.txt (834 words)

	SparkNotes: Hamlet: Act I, scenes iii–iv
		Ophelia agrees to keep Laertes’ advice as a “watchman” close to her heart but urges him not to give her advice that he does not practice himself.
		Polonius’s long speech advising Laertes on how to behave in France is self-consciously paternal, almost excessively so, as if to hammer home the contrast between the fatherly love Laertes enjoys and Hamlet’s state of loss and estrangement.
		Further, Laertes’ speech to Ophelia is laced with forceful sexual imagery, referring to her “chaste treasure open” to Hamlet’s “unmaster’d importunity” (I.iii.
	www.sparknotes.com /shakespeare/hamlet/section3.rhtml (1139 words)

	essay1
		For example, Polonius gave a speech to Laertes giving advice for a successful life (be a borrower not a lender, to thyne own self be true, etc...).
		It is possible to intrepret this speech as a plea for Laertes not to leave.
		Polonius's character tend to constantly worry about other people's lives when he needed to be concern with his own life.
	www.geocities.com /lilbit9_24/essay1.html (408 words)

	Title: "Hamlet" - Topics: Drama/England
		Laertes meets death because of the unintended consequences of his act of revenge.
		When Laertes discloses that Claudius is to blame for the killings, the King is revealed as an evil person who will continue to corrupt others, just as he had corrupted Laertes and the Queen.
		Teachwithmovies.com is associated with Character Counts and uses The Six Pillars of Character to organize ethical principles.
	www.teachwithmovies.org /samples/hamlet.html (5654 words)

	literature (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		As Scene Three begins, Laertes is speaking with his sister, Ophelia, about her relationship with Hamlet, and warning her to ÒWeigh what loss your honour may sustain,/ If with too credent ear you list his songs,Ó (1.3.29) else she lose her virtue to Prince Hamlet.
		While Laertes is off in France, however, Polonius is killed by Hamlet, the Queen recalling that he ÒWhips out his rapier, cries ÔA rat, a rat!ÕÓ (4.1.10), implying that Polonius is indeed a ÒratÓ, in the most underhanded and demeaning sense of the word.
		Laertes tries both ways, but since he cannot decide which path to take, he exemplifies the metaphor to its fullest, only getting off the ball after it has passed over the cliff.
	www.papercamp.com /lit37.htm (797 words)

	Essay or Coursework : Laertes and Fortinbras as Foils in Hamlet.
		Essay or Coursework : Laertes and Fortinbras as Foils in Hamlet.
		In Hamlet, it is the characters of Laertes and Fortinbras that act as foils, by giving the audience a more complete view of the protagonist, Prince Hamlet.
		Laertes and Hamlet are similar in that they both have had a father murdered in cold blood, and both have
	www.coursework.info /i/32131.html (329 words)

	Hamlet - By William Shakespeare (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The character of Hamlet in Shakespeare's play brings forth the inner desires of the protagonist as he struggles to commit the sin of revenge through the murder of his Uncle Claudius, or refrain himself from indulging in such a heinous act.
		In Shakespeare's Hamlet the character of Laertes was depicted as a foil.
		One may thus observe that both the characters of Hamlet and Laertes have a lot of aspects in common, the largest aspect of which can be in their deep love for Ophelia, a female character of the same play.
	www.termpapergenie.com /HamletbyWilliam.html (2518 words)

	Hamlet Essay (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		However, we see when we are reading that some characters are set up so that they gain more sympathy and such than others from the reader.
		For example, Shakespeare makes Laertes look like a "bad guy" because he wants to kill Hamlet but in essence, Hamlet is doing the same exact thing to Claudius.
		Laertes says "It warms the very sickness in my heart that I shall live and tell him to his teeth, "thus did'st thou." (Act.
	www.beaconschool.org /~rvivian/hamlet.html (522 words)

	Polonius As Lord Burghley Part Two
		The advice of Polonius to Laertes is given just as the latter is about to set out for Paris, and all the instructions of the former to the spy Reynaldo have reference to the conduct of Laertes in that city.
		Polonius's perceptions of his son Laertes's character, and Laertes' travel to Paris are strikingly similar to Burghley's perceptions of his son Thomas's character and Thomas's travel to Paris.
		Polonius's son Laertes's character and travel to Paris are strikingly similar to Burghley's son Thomas's character and travel to Paris.
	www.sourcetext.com /sourcebook/essays/polonius/corambis2.html (3481 words)

	Characters - Hamlet - Presented by the Rude Mechanicals
		Ophelia lacks the innate strength of character that would have allowed her to rise above her circumstances; there is about her the continual sense of drowning.
		It would be easy to play off Laertes as Polonius Jr., a stuffed shirt in training, and it would be the worst of all possible mistakes to do so.
		The Gravedigger is the one character in the play able to match wits with Hamlet and win, and there has to be that visible sense of camaraderie and enjoyment in each other.
	www.rudemechanicals.com /hamlet/characters (1198 words)

	Term Paper on Hamlet's Changing Character - Book Hamlet 2
		Laertes on the other hand is more of an acquaintance of Hamlet, but as the play draws to a close they become enemies.
		The actions of the people around Hamlet have a profound effect on his character.
		Everyone has these outside influences, and each person needs to make sure that they are not adversely affected by these people as Hamlet was throughout the course of the play.
	www.swiftpapers.com /essay/Hamlets_Changing_Character__-1975.html (201 words)

	A. C. Bradley's Shakespearean Tragedy, p. 90 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		And again, if we had no knowledge of this character, the story would hardly be intelligible; it would at any rate at once suggest that wondering question about the conduct of the hero; while the story of any of the other three tragedies would sound plain enough and would raise no such question.
		It is further very probable that the main change made by Shakespeare in the story as already represented on the stage, lay in a new conception of Hamlet's character and so of the cause of his delay.
		And with this parallelism in situation there is a strong contrast in character; for both Fortinbras and Laertes possess in abundance the very quality which the hero seems to lack, so that, as we read, we are tempted to exclaim that either of them would have accomplished Hamlet's task in a day.
	www.webcom.com /pweller/bradley/tr90.html (355 words)

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		Character is the personality of a role projected by the actor through technique by the selection of characteristics, which are emphasized.
		Character Development is a process of analysis, trial and error and that finally leads the audience to the identity of the character.
		Laertes is a "made-man" at the Danish court because of the position of his father.
	comm2.fsu.edu /programs/comm/shakes/UnitHamlet.asp (14400 words)

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