Hamlet contains three revenge plots throughout the play's five acts. Young Hamlet, after becoming aware of his father's ghost, wants to carry out a revenge plot against his uncle. Laertes, who has been struck twice in succession by the deaths of his father and his sister, wants to kill Hamlet. In Norway, Fortinbras wants revenge on the entire Danish nation for taking his father's land and life. These three sons all want the same thing, revenge, but they go about it in very different ways, but as Lillian Wilds points out, “he also sees himself in the mirrors of Fortinbras [and] Laertes. »(153) This becomes clear. that the parallels presented throughout the play are there to further illuminate the flaws of His father was killed by Hamlet and his sister went mad due to the series of events that took place because of Hamlet. Like Hamlet, Laertes wants to avenge his father by killing the man who killed Polonius. As described previously, Hamlet is slow to act. Laertes, on the other hand, acts quickly and precisely, wasting no time in acquiring his target and formulating a plan. Robert Palfrey Utter, Jr., says it best, Hamlet and Laertes both come to the same conclusion that a murder must be committed, but Hamlet only comes to this conclusion "after having had a few minutes to think about it" . (140) Once Laertes discovers that the man who killed his father was Hamlet, he is ready to charge in and kill him as soon as possible. He is only stopped by Claudius, who advises him to take a more subtle approach. From the outset, it is clear how effective Laertes is compared to Hamlet. Hamlet wastes a lot of time coming up with complex ideas about how to get a confession from Claudius and kill him. Laertes, on the other hand, wastes no time in obtaining a direct and precise plan that he can immediately execute. After spending more than half the play watching Hamlet squirm around on stage accomplishing almost nothing, the audience would be acutely aware of the marked difference between Hamlet and Laertes, even though they share the same motivations. Laertes has his speed but he shares Hamlet's lack of critical thinking when he becomes impetuous. He is in such blind rage that he does not think about what he agrees to do with Claudius. Much like Hamlet, his impetuous actions cost the lives of those around him. In carrying out the plan, he, the king, the queen, and Hamlet all die from the poison used in the duel. Hamlet was slow and reckless while Laertes was fast and reckless. Wilds perfectly sums up the relationship between Hamlet and Laertes: “Laertes and Hamlet were foils to each other.