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What does laertes ask king claudius and why does he grant it so easily?

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Laertes asks king Claudius to return from France to Denmark. He grants it so easily for multiple reasons: he doesn't care at all for Laertes; he wants Laertes to mess with Hamlet so as to distract him from finding the truth about the murder of his father.
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