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- Laertes / leɪˈɜːrtiːz / is a character in William Shakespeare 's play Hamlet. Laertes is Polonius ' son and Ophelia 's brother. In the final scene, he mortally stabs Hamlet with a poison-tipped sword to avenge the deaths of his father and sister, for which he blamed Hamlet. While dying of the same poison, he implicates King Claudius.
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Laertes / l eɪ ˈ ɜːr t iː z / is a character in William Shakespeare's play Hamlet. Laertes is Polonius ' son and Ophelia 's brother. In the final scene, he mortally stabs Hamlet with a poison-tipped sword to avenge the deaths of his father and sister, for which he blamed Hamlet.
As a fellow son of a murdered father, Laertes serves as a foil for Hamlet. Like Hamlet, Laertes is single-minded in his quest for retributive justice. Unlike Hamlet, Laertes is decisive and active in how he goes about achieving that justice.
Laertes is a character in Shakespeare’s play Hamlet. He is the son of Polonius, chief aide and counsellor to the King. He’s the brother of Ophelia, with whom Hamlet has been having some kind of romantic relationship. The three grew up in Elsinore, the royal castle, and know each other well.
A student at a university in France, Laertes is gallant, worldly, hotheaded, and obsessed with his family’s honor. In hopes of avenging Polonius and Ophelia’s deaths, Laertes conspires with Claudius to murder Hamlet, challenging Hamlet to a duel armed with a poison-tipped sword.
Laertes is a character in William Shakespeare's renowned play, Hamlet. He is the son of Polonius, the chief counselor to the King of Denmark. Laertes is depicted as a young and impulsive nobleman, who plays a significant role in the tragic events that unfold throughout the play.
Laertes is Polonius’s son and Ophelia’s brother. He returns briefly to Elsinore for Claudius’s coronation before returning to France, where he allegedly indulges in unsavory behaviors.
Laertes, a young Danish lord, is the son of Polonius and brother of Ophelia. He spends most of his time off at college, but, like a lot of college students, he manages to pack a lot of action into the few times he's home.
