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Fortinbras's father was killed with the aid of Hamlet's father 30 years earlier. Fortinbras is an evil coward who didn't attempt to get better the misplaced lands till after Hamlet Sr died. If Fortinbras had attacked while historical King Hamlet was still alive, the ancient King may have challenged younger Fortinbras to a personal duel. But younger Fortinbras used to be a coward who preferred to send thousand of commoners to die for his rotten royal "honor." So after ancient King Hamlet ultimately died, younger Fortinbras "sharked up" an military of thugs to go to battle against Denmark, but used to be without problems diverted (at least temporarily) to less difficult pickings in Poland. In Poland, Fortinbras sent 10,000 men to their graves for a worthless piece of land.

Laertes, when he notion King Claudius had killed his father, straight away confronted the King - however with a mob to lower back him up (and perchance to die for his cause). After hearing Claudius facet of the story, Laertes immediately started plotting with Claudius to kill Hamlet by means of treachery. He did not care about right or wrong, he just desired revenge, even if it meant reducing Hamlet's throat in a church. He didn't trouble to hear Hamlet's side of the story. However, just before the duel Laertes did eventually hear Hamlet's apology which he would have ordinary however he foolishly deferred to the opinions of "elder masters" - meaning Claudius - and endured the duel against his conscious. Laertes's father had warned him

Neither a borrower nor a lender be;
For loan oft loses each itself and friend,
And borrowing DULLS THE EDGE of HUSBANDRY.

But Laertes neglected that advice. When plotting to homicide Hamlet, Laertes said "for my means, I'll HUSBANDRY them so well, They shall go a long way with little." Then Laertes died battle for a borrowed purpose (borrowed from Claudius, his "elder master"). In a sense, he was once killed due to the fact of borrowing and lending of swords (the accidental switch between swords, one poisoned) and that mortgage lost "both itself and friend (both Laertes and Hamlet, who used to be his pal at the end). However, before he died Laertes and Hamlet exchanged forgiveness and for that reason saved each their souls.

Hamlet wasn't naturally vengeful, but he was once loyal to his father so he swore an oath to his father to are trying to find revenge. But Hamlet did not want to endanger his friends in the hazardous mission of searching for revenge in opposition to a sitting King, so he urged his buddies to "shake fingers and part." In the ultimate act, he lower back to Denmark "naked and alone" to confront the King. Hamlet was once very involved about right and wrong. Not positive that the ghost used to be simply his father as a substitute than a deceitful demon, he staged the Mousetrap to confirm Claudius' guilt. In the closing act, Hamlet realized that, in pursuing revenge, he had been untrue to himself - had written his father's command to stay all by myself in his brain. He had from himself been taken away and that was madness. A common idea of insanity used to be that it was once brought on with the aid of demonic possession. At least psychologically and metaphorically, Hamlet had been possessed via his father's spirit. However, Hamlet recovered his authentic self by way of the end and saved his soul, but now not his life.

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Hamlet died of the same aids than Fortinbras's father 30 years before. Fortinbras waited for Hamlet Sr to die to take his lands because he was an evil coward who didn't have the courage to attack before, since Hamlet would've challenged him to a personal duel. He preferred to send people to fight for his rotten royal "honor", so after Hamlet's death he took over Denmark with no major problems, but lost a lot of men in Poland for a worthless piece of land.

On the other hand, Laertes, with some backup from a mob, did confront King Claudius, the killer of his father. But after hearing Claudius facet of the story, they both redirected their aim to Hamlet, and decided to kill him by treachery.

This was all about revenge, and although Hamlet apologized, Laertes decided to continue at all costs, not caring about his father past warning about the consequences of his act:

"Neither a borrower nor a lender be;

For loan oft loses each itself and friend,

And borrowing DULLS THE EDGE of HUSBANDRY".

When plotting to homicide Hamlet, Laertes words were the following:

"for my means, I'll HUSBANDRY them so well, They shall go a long way with little"

He then died in battle for Claudius purpose. He was once killed due to the switching between swords (he got the poisoned one), and that mortage lost "both itself and friend" (Laertes and Hamlet, who in the end were pals). However, Hamlet and Laertes exchanged forgiveness and saved their souls.

Regarding Hamlet, he wasn't naturally vengeful, so he avoided endangering his friends to confront a sitting King. He believed in forgiveness, and in the ultimate act, he returned to Denmark "naked and alone" to confront the King.

Having the thought that the ghost was a demon and not his father, he staged the Mousetrap to confirm Claudius' guilt.

Possesed by madness inflicted by his father's spirit and the fact that he had been taken away, he failed to follow his principles, but in the end, he recovered his authentic self saving his soul, but not his life.

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