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1.      In Hamlet [Titles], Laertes, a minor character, who has also lost his father like Hamlet and who also seeks revenge like Hamlet was placed in the play to show that even in the game of revenge there are morals and limits that need to [be] upheld.
 
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2.     Hamlet and Laertes both suffered the loss of their fathers' deaths. They both seek revenge in this loss. They both seek revenge in this loss. [sic] Laertes seeks revenge on hamlet [sic], and Hamlet [Laertes?] seeks revenge even if [it] means "To cut his throat I' the church" meaning he would seek revenge even if it must be done in God's house. On the contrary, Hamlet spares the King at one point in the play because the King is praying.

3.     The King says to Laertes "No place, indeed, should murder sa[n]ctuarize. Revenge should have no bounds." This makes the reader stop and think. Then why did it have bounds [for] Hamlet? If there is no bounds where revenge is concerned why did Shakespeare not have Hamlet murder the King while he was praying? [SV -1]

4.     In short, Shakespeare used Laertres [sic] as a foil to show us that he believes that he believes [sic] that revenge   does have it[s] limits. Hamlet upholds religious morals as best as morals can be upheld where revenge is concerned. [Very short paragraph]

5. We as readers would not have realized this had there been no contrast with Hamlet's ideas on revenge had he not used Laertes, a minor character, to reveal them by his opposing views or morals where revenge was concerned.
 

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