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Two Knes condense the tragedy of Claudius and Gertrude: Gertrude, do not drink! It is the poisoned cup — it is too late! In this web of crisscross tragic entangle- ments Polonius is meshed — Polonius, be- nevolent diplomatist and devoted father — and with him the son and daughter whom he loves with the pathetic tenderness of an old and failing man, and who return his affection as it deserves. The details need no rehearsal, but one point calls for em- phasis: the deliberate parallelism of situa-... tion which makes Laertes the foil to Hamlet. They have the same cause at heart: vengeance for a father is their common purpose. But their characters are sharply SHAKSPERE 39 contrasted. For Laertes strikes on head- long impulse, without balancing and with- out scruple. If those critics are right who censure Hamlet for alleged inaction, for weakness of will, for being unequal to his task, then Laertes should be commended. For he does precisely what they seem to require of Hamlet. But I hear no praise of Laertes, even from the sternest of Ham- let's judges.
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