Part one of term paper
What is revenge? According to Merriam Webster, revenge is an act or instance of retaliating in order to get even. William Shakespeare's Hamlet provides a good definition for revenge that one may easily understand by studying the characters of Hamlet, Laertes, and Fortinbras. The most obvious case of revenge is Hamlet killing Claudius to av ...

Part two of term paper
... Claudius, but the prince thinks and formulates in order to make sure the ghost is truthful. On the other end of the revenge spectrum is Laertes. As soon as Laertes hears of his father Polonius's murder, the rampageous son rushes back to Denmark and, with a crowd of followers, burst into the castle prepared to kill his father's murderer. Laertes, in great contrast to Hamlet, takes immediate action. Finally, Fortinbras represents the middle path of revenge. He does not miss the knock of opportuni ...