Thought of Vengeance Shakespeare's Hamlet theme is the underlying element of all literature. It's inherent to the characters' struggles and therefore to the story itself. In William Shakespeare's play Hamlet, the theme of revenge develops the plot and character. Vengeance consumes Hamlet's every movement throughout the play. It all starts from the moment his father's ghost tells him that his horrible death was not accidental. He was murdered; poisoned by the new king, Claudius, also known as Hamlet's uncle. Hamlet pretends to be mad to hide his true feelings of hatred towards the new king. He searches for the truth by reading the king's body language when he is presented with a re-enactment of the death of Hamlet's father. Then the king plays a role. However, through his lust for blood and the underlying theme of revenge in the play, Hamlet shows the audience what a true philosopher is. Hamlet procrastinates to take revenge by initiating long and thoughtful soliloquies. It covers intense topics such as grief, life and death, the wisdom of suicide and the importance of being true to yourself. He loves words, and this seems to be his greatest character flaw. The one time Hamlet acts without intense deliberation, he kills Polonius, the father of Ophelia and Laertes. This causes Ophelia to go crazy and eventually kill herself, and Laertes storms back to Denmark from France with a huge crowd ready to fight for him and avenge the person who killed his father. "Thus conscience makes cowards of us all, and thus the native tint of resolution is altered by the pallor of thought, and enterprises of great value and importance in this respect, their currents go awry and lose the action name.' said Hamlet (act 3, scene 1, line 84). This means that fear of death makes all humans cowardly and innate qualities of strength weaken due to overwhelming thoughts. The Actions of Laertes is a Danish lord currently studying in Paris. He is the son of Polonius, who is also a Danish lord, and the brother of the beautiful Ophelia. At the beginning of Shakespeare's Hamlet, Laertes asks the new king, Claudius, for permission to return to France. After that, he then talks to his father and receives life advice before leaving. Polonius tells Laertes that he should not be so quick to act on what he thinks, and that he should not be quick to fight, but if he does, he must do his best. His father foreshadows what Laertes will ultimately do anyway. He is a very loving, passionate man, who seeks emotion wherever he can. Laertes then leaves for France. Over time, tension rises in Denmark. Hamlet's father had just been killed, a ghost appeared, Hamlet believes that Claudius murdered his father, which then leaves Hamlet in a state of madness, although he says he is just pretending. Hamlet confronts his mother about the error of her new marriage, and hidden behind a curtain, Polonius is stabbed by Hamlet, who believes that it is Claudius who is trying to protect Gertrude. When Laertes hears the news of his father's death, his love and obligations to him drive Laertes to very passionate action. He returns home to Denmark from France with a crowd defending him, ready to fight. Laertes invades the palace, then interrogates King Claudius at knifepoint to demand answers about who killed his