Laertes

Laertes is a character in William Shakespeare's play Hamlet. His name is apparently taken from the father of Odysseus in Homer's Odyssey. Laertes is the son of Polonius and the brother of Ophelia. In the final scene, he kills Hamlet with a poisoned foil to avenge the deaths of his father and sister, for which he blamed Hamlet. The Laertes character is original from Shakespeare, since there is no equivalent character in any of the known sources for the play. In the first Act, Laertes is seen warning Ophelia against Hamlet's romantic pursuit of her, saying he will soon lose his desire for her, and that it is not his choice, but the king's as to whom he will marry. Before Laertes returns to France (he had returned to attend the coronation of King Claudius,) his father, Polonius, gives him advice to behave himself in Paris. During Laertes's absence, Hamlet kills Polonius in Gertrude's parlor. Laertes, informed of his father's death, returns to Denmark, and leads a mob to storm and take... full article at wikipedia