Question

What does this scene reveal to you about the differences between the character of Laertes and the character of Hamlet? Laertes resolves to act and get revenge immediately for his Father while Hamlet cannot decide or act. Laertes decides to investigate fully the death of his father before making any decisions while Hamlet acts immediately and decisively after speaking to the Ghost.

Answer 1

Laertes resolves to act and get revenge immediately for his father while Hamlet cannot decide or act.

Step-by-step explanation:

Laertes and Hamlet have one thing in common: they both lose their fathers in the play. However, their reaction is very different. Hamlet, even after the confirmation of the ghost of his father, he hesitates and thinks a lot about who is to blame, and what he should do about it. Whereas Laertes, as soon as he finds out about the death of his father he decides to revenge and he actually does something.

In Act 4 Scene 5 Lines 109-110, Laertes enters Elsinore Castle decided to kill whoever killed his father, he is resolved to act:

"Let come what comes, only I'll be revenged most thoroughly for my father"