Vengeance In Hamlet

He not only regained his father's land, but he regained it without an extravagant war. In fact, Hamlet, Laertes, and Claudius all made it easy on him by killing each other off so that Fortinbras would not have to get his hands dirty. Fortinbras patience in a sense saved his life. While Hamlet and Laertes' rash actions led to their demise. Quite a fitting end. Fortinbras is rewarded for his well thought out plan and patience.

In the play, Hamlet, by William Shakespeare, the character of Fortinbras, has been used as a foil for the main character, Hamlet. Hamlet and Fortinbras have lost their fathers to untimely deaths. Claudius killed Hamlet's father, King Hamlet, and King Hamlet killed Fortinbras' father. Both Hamlet and Fortinbras have vowed to seek revenge for the deaths of their fathers. Since the revenge tactics of Hamlet and Fortinbras are completely different, Hamlet perceives the actions of Fortinbras as better than his own and the actions of Fortinbras, then, encourage Hamlet to act without hesitating.

Fortinbras’ crucial moment of foil occurs in act four when Hamlet crosses paths with one of Fortinbras’ captains while on his way to a ship. Hamlet talks with the Captain, who was sent by Fortinbras, to tell King Claudius that they are passing through Denmark while on their way to attack Poland. When Hamlet asks why they are fighting the poles, the Captain replies saying, “We go to gain a little patch of ground/ That hath in it no profit but the name”

Firstly, Fortinbras is very open and bold about avenging his father’s death and killing the new king of Denmark. Everyone knows about his plan to attack Denmark even Horatio, a friend of Hamlet who attends

In modern society humans stand up and fight for what they think is right and fair. Human beings have the desire to avenge what they think is wrong. The theme of revenge has a major effect in the play Hamlet and is a constant throughout the play, it underlies almost every scene. In the play Hamlet, William Shakespeare examines the theme of revenge through the erratic thoughts and actions of the characters Hamlet, Laertes, and Fortinbras. The main revenge plots in the play is Hamlet’s aim to avenge his father, Hamlet Sr, Laertes’ aim to avenge the murder of his father, Polonius, and Fortinbras’ aim to avenge the death of his father, Fortinbras. Having lost their fathers, Hamlet, Laertes and Fortinbras take vengeance on the people that killed them. These plots play a major role in the play presenting the theme of revenge to the audience.

It is inspiring to Hamlet and it pushes him forward in carrying out his plan to kill Claudius. Hamlet’s last lines, “How all occasions…my thoughts be bloody or be nothing worth!”(4.5, 34-69) say that Fortinbras has won him over from any further doubts and Hamlet, too, wishes to become a man of action who is ready to take his revenge at any cost.

Revenge is a dynamic force on Hamlet that continuously changes Hamlet throughout the play as he becomes more consumed by his obsession with attaining justice for his father.

Fortinbras is the in between man of the three characters involved in revenge, because although he is quick to react, he reasons through his decisions later on. To exemplify this, in the after Claudius hearing of Fortinbras impending attack,

At his first appearance, young Fortinbras is shown to be inferior to Hamlet; being "of unimproved metal, hot and full" (1.1.96) Fortinbras is initially shown as a sharp contrast to the "sweet and commendable" (1.2.87) Hamlet introduced in the next scene. Despite going through emotional and mental highs and lows, Hamlet seems to constantly be in a state of regression and thought:

Young Fortinbras was deeply enraged by the death of his father, and he wanted revenge against Denmark because of this occurrence. Fortinbras wanted to, by force, regain the lands that had been lost by his father to Denmark. "…Now sir, young Fortinbras…as it doth well appear unto our state-but to recover of us, by strong hand and terms compulsative, those foresaid lands so by his father lost…" Claudius sends messengers to talk to Fortinbras' uncle, the new King of Norway. He forbid Fortinbras to attack Denmark, and instead convinced him to attack the Poles to vent his anger. "…His nephew's levies, which to him appear'd to be a preparation 'gainst the Polack; But better look'd into, he truly found it was against your highness…On Fortinbras; which he, in brief, obeys, receives rebuke from Norway, and, in fine, makes vow before his uncle never more to give the assay of arms against your majesty."

In this respect feelings of inferiority paralyse him to take any action. One can see, in Hamlet's first soliloquy how insignificant he feels compared to his father when he says "no more like my father/Than I to Hercules". These feelings also apply to figures such as Fortinbras, the prince of Norway, who in his effort to regain his Father's lost land, leads an army of 'mass and charge". These actions of vengeance are ones

But to recover of us, by strong hand and terms compulsatory, those foresaid lands so by his father lost” (13). This quote discusses the major theme of revenge in the play. Fortinbras wants to avenge the death of his father by creating an army that could overrun Denmark. In this quote, we learn that Fortinbras is a young, passionate man that will stop at nothing to get revenge on those who killed his father, including the dead King Hamlet. The quote is significant because it gives the reader the first concept of someone seeking revenge in the play. Also in Act I, Hamlet is visited by the Ghost, where he informs Hamlet of his murderous death completed by his brother, King Claudius. The Ghost says this to Hamlet regarding Claudius, “Revenge his foul and most unnatural murder” (57). This quote explains that the Ghost wants Hamlet to get revenge on King Claudius for killing him.

After reading Shakespheres “Hamlet” it was evident that the theme of the play was revenge, which was illustrated throughout the play by the characters actions. Revenge causes the characters in Hamlet to act blindly through anger and emotion, rather than through reason and morals. It is based on the principle of an eye for an eye this action is not always the best means to an end which clearly shows at the end of the play. Fortinbras, Laertes, and Hamlet were all looking to avenge the deaths of their fathers, which lead them to do unethical and immoral things which in the end of the play ends Ironic. They all acted on emotion driven by the want for revenge for

Shakespeare goes to great measures to convey countless tragedies in Hamlet to make it the most popular and known tragedy ever written. Not only did Hamlet have to surpass the tragedies life threw at him, but he also had to consider his conflicting views. Shakespeare also writes the play to show how Hamlet’s hesitation to get revenge on Claudius leads other characters to their death. The tragic theme of Hamlet stems from Hamlet procrastinating revenge, while Laertes and Fortinbras immediately sought revenge for their father’s death, creating a foil between the three characters.

To begin with, the exploration of human strengths and frailties in Shakespeare’s ‘Hamlet’ provides a strong understanding of the complex nature of revenge, because Hamlet is determined to kill Claudius, which is the main reason for his father’s death. This is the most pivotal moment at the end of Act 1 because it leads Hamlet into insanity because it’s his primary mode of interacting with other people later in the play. The idea is used by Shakespeare to further develop Hamlet’s character because the concept of sin must be returned with punishment because Claudius has committed a sin on his father. The quote “Revenge his foul and most unnatural murder,” is used as a motif on the centre of honesty, as it explores the fact that Hamlet would do something for his father if they had a close relationship. He is rather keen to undertake this task so that he can get revenge on Claudius. “With wings as swift as meditation or the thoughts of love may sweep to my revenge,” uses a simile to express Hamlet’s determination