of vengeance and appearance vs. reality. Fortinbraus
is only involved in the vengeance theme. After his
father dies, he tries everything to avenge his death.
His father died in the battle and lost his territory
to King Hamlet. He wasted no time in avenging the
death. He aspires to reclaim the lands and power to
honor his father. Fortinbraus makes threats to the
kingdom and King Claudius laughs as he addresses the
problem. But just the act of threatening and making
his intentions known to all is more of an attempt of
vengeance than Hamlet. By the end of the play,
Fortinbraus and his army are marching to King
Claudius’s kingdom to fight and make an effort to
reclaim land. When he marches into the house, he sees
that everyone has perished and the kingdom is all his
because of all the hatred and vengeance going on in
the kingdom. Hamlet doesn't act on his father's death
because he is scared that the spirit is lying to him
and he is very indecisive. Hamlet had once chance when
King Claudius was all alone for the first time in the
novel, and he sees that Claudius is praying for
forgiveness for his sins of killing King Hamlet. Upon
seeing this, Hamlet feels he can not slay King
Claudius while he is worshipping. Little does he know
that he will never have another chance to kill him and
that because of his irresolute actions, his entire
family will die from one thing or another by the end.
In the process of Hamlet's revenge, he destroys his
family's honor and the family itself. They all perish
because Hamlet didn't take action when he could have.
Even Laertes acts quicker and more efficiently than
Hamlet. Rather than approach vengeance in a
responsible manner, Laertes and Hamlet handle in it in
a murderous way. Due to this, everyone is destroyed
and Fortinbraus has the opportunity to regain his
kingdom, power and gain ever more.