im murdered. So King Claudius sets up anotherplan with Laertes. This plan calls for Hamlet and Laertes to have amock sword fight, but Laertes will be using a real poisoned sword. Laertes agrees with this, ready to claim Hamlets life for his father'svile murder. When the sword fight begins Hamlet is winning, but Laertesgets frustrated and stabs Hamlet when he is not looking with thepoisoned sword. After Laertes stabs Hamlet, Hamlet then turns aroundand manages to take the sword from Laertes and stabs Laertes with it. Although Laertes dies first he accomplishes his purpose because Hamletwill die shortly from the poison on the sword. In this play Hamlet by William Shakespeare these two characters Hamletand Laertes both seek to revenged their slayed fathers. Hamlet with ispassive and scheming approach manages to kill his father's murder hisuncle Claudius. Laertes with his direct, and forceful dedication slayshis fathers killer Prince Hamlet. Altough Laertes took a much moredirect approach than Hamlet wasting no time, they both howeveraccomplished their goal but at the ultimate price of both their lives!...
