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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.
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 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.
Hamlet, who has returned safely to confront the king, agrees to a fencing match with Ophelia’s brother, Laertes, who secretly poisons his own rapier. At the match, Claudius prepares poisoned wine for Hamlet, which Gertrude unknowingly drinks; as she dies, she accuses Claudius, whom Hamlet kills.
In act 4 of Shakespeare’s Hamlet, Laertes unexpectedly sails back from France after hearing the news of his father, Polonius’s, sudden murder by Hamlet. He approaches the castle with a mob of...
Laertes is Hamlet’s best foil throughout the play, and in this scene the contrast between the two, each of whom has a dead father to avenge, reaches its peak. (A third figure with a dead father to avenge, Fortinbras, lurks on the horizon.)
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.
Annotated index of all appearances and all mentions of Laertes in Shakespeare's Hamlet, with links to appropriate passages and scene summaries.
Character Analysis. (Click the character infographic to download.) 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.