Hamlet: Revenge and family honorIn Hamlet's play the main theme is the theme of revenge and the characters' need to protect the honor of their family. This not only applies to Hamlet himself, but is also illustrated in two other important characters in the play, Laertes and Fortinbras. All three of these characters are faced with the problem of having to avenge their nemesis who had previously hurt their family or their family name. The idea of ​​revenge for the sake of family honor causes great destruction throughout the play and causes many more people to become involved in this cycle of destruction and revenge. From the beginning of the work the reader notices the first signs of hatred and revenge. need for revenge on the part of some characters. The Norwegian prince Fortinbras is initially shown preparing for a journey to conquer Denmark. His enormous ambitions, as we later discover, are driven solely by hatred towards the old Danish king Hamlet (Hamlet's father) who had previously defeated Fortinbras' father in battle and taken part of the territory of Norway when Fortinbras was still a child . As a result, young Fortinbras aspires to reclaim his father's lost lands and power as a way to honor and avenge him. Then, as the reader continues and delves into the work, feelings of hatred and revenge also take over the mind. of Hamlet. After speaking with his father's ghost and enacting the play, Hamlet is almost totally sure that his uncle, King Claudius, killed his father to take power over the throne of Denmark. But unlike Fortinbras, Hamlet does not act quickly and is paralyzed by his own indecision and fear. This paralysis or inability of Hamlet to act and take revenge could be described as his main problem. "According to the view originated by Goethe and still prevalent today, Hamlet represents the type of man whose capacity for direct action is crippled by an excessive development of his intellect." (Sigmund Freud) The climax occurs when Hamlet finally takes revenge, but unlike Fortinbras, Hamlet's revenge comes at a great cost to everyone. His previous failure to act and take revenge will soon, ironically, cause the death of both his mother (who drank the poison intended for Hamlet) and the woman who loved Ophelia (who most likely committed suicide due to the murder of her father Polonius by part of Hamlet).).