| The suspicious father even instructs his servant Reynaldo to spy on Laertes in Paris and to report on his son's behavior. |
| He had none of the direct, passionate, conscienceless resolution of Laertes. |
| Where Laertes was very influential by others and had no real control over the mental state he was developing by the sway of Claudius. |
| Laertes has his vineyard plot, no more than a small holding, and even the Cyclopes produce an admittedly strife-stirring kind of wine from wild vines. |
| As Hamlet was departing for England, Laertes, Polonius' hot-tempered son, arrived from Paris, seeking his own revenge. |
| During the rigged tournament, Claudius and Laertes give Hamlet a blunted sword while Laertes' weapon is sharpened and poisoned. |
