Part 1 of Essay
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 ki ....

Part 2 of Essay
.... 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 opportunity because of over analysis, nor does he act too swiftly to realize whom he should attack. In the end of the play, Fortinbras arrives just as everyone is dying and does not have to exert a great deal of strength to accomplish his task because the others have killed one another. Each character has a different approach to get to the final ....