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Laertes
In Greek mythology, Laërtes (Greek: Λαέρτης) was the son of Arcesius and Chalcomedusa. He was father of Odysseus (who was thus called Λαερτιάδης) and Ctimene by his wife Anticlea, daughter of the thi...
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Laertes is a character in William Shakespeare's play Hamlet. His name is apparently taken from the father of Odysseus in Homer's Odyssey. Laertes is the son of Polonius and the brother of Ophelia. In the final scene, he kills Hamlet with a poisoned foil to avenge the deaths of his father and...
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Laertes and Hamlet both display impulsive reactions when angered. Once Laertes discovers his father has been murdered Laertes immediately assumes the slayer is Claudius. As a result of Laertes's speculation he instinctively moves to avenge Polonius's death. "To hell, allegiance!
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Homer Odyssey Calypso Polyphem Helen Menelaus Demodocus Ino Laertes Arkeisios Ki-Ri-Ke / © 2003-04 by Franz Gnaedinger, fgn(a)bluemail.ch, fg(a)seshat.ch / www.seshat.ch If I am yours indeed and you claim me as your son, grant that Odysseus, sacker of cities and son of Laertes, may never reach his home in Ithaca.
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Britannica online encyclopedia article on Laertes:...his return to Denmark, Hamlet hears that Ophelia is dead of a suspected suicide (though more probably as a consequence of her having gone mad over her father’s sudden death) and that her brother Laertes seeks to avenge Polonius’s murder. Claudius is only too eager to...
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Laertes, the son of Arcesius, was the king of Ithaca and the father of Odysseus. According to some accounts, he was one of the Argonauts, and participated in the hunting of the Calydonian boar. Near the end of his life, Article "Laertes" created on 03 March 1997; last modified on 20 April 1999 (Revision 2).
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Laertes (AR-20) was laid down as SS Dutiful under a Maritime Commission contract 7 August 1944 by Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Inc., Baltimore, Md.; Sailing to Norfolk 31 March, Laertes underwent shakedown before departing 15 May for the Pacific. Arriving Pearl Harbor 15 June, she proceeded to Eniwetok 19 June;
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The importance of Fortinbras and Laertes in the play is an issue much discussed, analysed and critiqued. as they are imperative to the plot of the play and the final resolution. Hamlet, Laertes and Fortinbras are three young men who are placed in similar circumstances, that is, to avenge their father's deaths.
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Hardin Aasand suggests that the early editions of Hamlet (Q1, Q2, F1) convey disparities in their treatment of Hamlet's and Laertes's disposition at Ophelia's graveyard. Hardin L. Aasand (Dickinson State University): O'ertopping Pelion: Hamlet, Laertes, and the Revenge Tradition...
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Annotated index of all appearances and all mentions of Laertes in Shakespeare's Hamlet, with links to appropriate passages and scene summaries. "My necessaries are embark'd: farewell: / And, sister . . . " (1.3.1-2) Laertes says goodbye to Ophelia and warns her against Hamlet;
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