Relationship between Laertes and Hamlet
When finding out Laertes father has been killed, he becomes a foil of Hamlet wanting to avenge his death. ... Hamlet being the cause of two innocent lives enrages him and shows Claudius the weak state he goes too. Claudius appears to support him in his dismay, however Claudius slowly convinces that the cause to his grief and family loses is Hamlet. Laertes’ emotional unstable state empowers Claudius to use flattery, manipulative questioning, and his father’s guilt, inciting Laertes to kill Hamlet. Laertes returns to Elsinore and quickly raises an uprising against the King, acting quickly and never contemplating his actions. ... 215, l 148) When Laertes sees Ophelia’s madness he is even more overwhelmed with grief and panic. The state of Laertes causes flattery and manipulation to appear when Claudius tells Laertes, “Laertes, I must commune with your grief, or you deny me right.