The Similarities Between Hamlet And Laertes

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No two people are alike. This is clearly evident in the play Hamlet by William Shakespeare where no two people are similar, even if they have a lot of similarities there will always be a few differences. Hamlet and Laertes have the same amount of similarities as they do differences; their fathers were murdered, both took revenge of their father’s killer, and both protected Ophelia. To begin with, both Hamlet and Laertes had their fathers killed in the play; however, they both had different relationships with them. In Hamlet’s view, his father, King Hamlet was murdered prior to the play, and they had a loving and respectful relationship. When the ghost of King Hamlet had appeared and told him how he was killed by Claudius, Hamlet was a bit …show more content…
Similarly, Laertes was protective over Ophelia. However, his love was more like a brotherly love trying to protect his younger sister. When they’re first introduced in the play the two siblings are shown to have a loving and respectful bond, and that goes on throughout the play. In the first scene they’re shown together Laertes is giving advice to Ophelia, by telling her to stay away from Hamlet as he might have bad desires and is much older than her. While he’s talking to Ophelia he says,
“Fear it, Ophelia. Fear it, my dear sister, /And keep you in the rear of your affection, /Out of the shot and danger of desire.” (1.3.33-35) telling her to keep her love in control and not to let Hamlet take advantage of her. This shows that he loves and cares for her wellbeing. Although Hamlet and Laertes have different ways of protecting her, they both love her. In conclusion, Hamlet and Laertes have many similarities, but there is always a few differences such as, both their father’s died, but their relationship with their father’s different, they both wanted revenge on their father’s killer, but had different approaches of doing so, and both loved and wanted to protect Ophelia, but had different ways of showing it. This shows that no two people are alike and there are always different approaches towards everything. Everyone is unique in their own way and there isn’t a person on earth that is just like