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The Three Men of Action In the play of Hamlet by William Shakespeare, there are three men of action all with the same dilemma. Fortinbras and Laertes are similar characters to Hamlet. All three of them want to avenge their father’s death; however, they each take different courses on their way to doing so. This is the main variation between the characters how they handle their misfortune and how they get revenge on their …

…V Scene ii 404-412) Fortinbras, although with a small part of the play, represents the only logical person of action. He takes his time, unlike Laertes, and he uses that time wisely, unlike Hamlet. This is also the reason he is the only man of action that is alive by the end of the play. Hamlet’s indecisiveness let to his death and Laertes’s inability to solve problems himself indirectly caused his own death.