Hamlet critics - Laertes

Question 1

What does Emma Smith say about Laertes and what century?

Answer 1

-21st C

-“‘Like Hamlet, Laertes suffers the violent death of his father and seeks to redress this injury”

Question 2

What does Simon Augustine say about Laertes and what century?

Answer 2

-20th C

-‘naturally impetuous, fiery of temperament and ruled by passion rather than reason’