Parallelism In Hamlet Research Paper

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Throughout the play, I’ve noticed that Shakespeare shows parallelism between Laertes and Hamlet so that the reader can sympathize Hamlet and understand him more as the protagonist. This play portrays the many similarities both characters posses such as the fact that both of their fathers died. Hamlet’s father died from King Claudius’ poisonous act. Laertes’ father, Polonius, died when Hamlet killed him with a sword, thinking that it was Claudius. Another important similarity between both men is that they are both gentlemen which the public favors. Denmark favors and looks up to Hamlet as he is the son of King Hamlet and the public favors Laertes too as he is a strong gentlemen. The patterns that Shakespeare uses to show that Laertes and Hamlets