Hamlet contains three revenge plots in the five acts of the play. Young Hamlet, after having a shocking discovery from his father's ghost, wants to carry out a revenge plot against his uncle. Laertes, struck twice in a row by the death of his father and sister, wants to kill Hamlet. In Norway, Fortinbras wants revenge on the entire Danish nation for taking his father's land and life. These three sons all want the same thing, revenge, but do so in completely different ways, but as Lillian Wilds points out, "he too sees himself in the mirrors of Fortinbras [and] Laertes."(153) It becomes clear that the parallels presented throughout the work are there to further illuminate the flaws of. His father was killed by Hamlet and his sister went mad due to the series of events that happened because of Hamlet. Like Hamlet, Laertes wants to avenge his father by killing the man who killed Polonius. As described above, Hamlet is slow to act. Laertes, on the other hand, acts quickly and precisely, wasting no time in acquiring his objective and formulating a plan. Robert Palfrey Utter, Jr., explains it best, Hamlet and Laertes both come to the same conclusion that the murder must be done, but Hamlet only comes to that conclusion "after having had a few minutes to think it over." (140) Once Laertes discovers that the man who killed his father was Hamlet, he is ready to charge and kill him as soon as possible. He is only stopped by Claudio, who advises him on a more subtle approach. From the beginning it is clear how efficient Laertes is compared to Hamlet. Hamlet wastes a great deal of time coming up with complex ideas about how to get a confession from Claudius and how to kill him. Laertes on the other hand wastes no time in coming up with a direct and focused plan that he can execute immediately. After spending more than half the play watching Hamlet flail around the stage accomplishing next to nothing, the audience would be keenly aware of the stark difference between Hamlet and Laertes even though they share the same motivations. Laertes has his speed but shares Hamlet's lack of critical thinking when he gets angry. He is so angry that he doesn't think about what he is agreeing to do with Claudio. Just like Hamlet, his brazen actions cost the lives of those around him. In carrying out the plan, the king, queen, Hamlet and he all die from the poison used in the duel. Hamlet was slow and reckless while Laertes was fast and reckless. Wilds sums up the relationship between Hamlet and Laertes perfectly: “Laertes and Hamlet opposed each other.