Laertes

Requests permission to return to France after his father's death. Laertes warns Ophelia about Hamlet's fickle love and offers fatherly advice. Laertes demands revenge for his father's death, confronts Claudius, and negotiates a possible reward for uncovering the murderer. Laertes agrees to murder Hamlet with a poisoned sword and prepares poison. Laertes duels Hamlet, wounds him, is subsequently wounded by Hamlet, and dies from the encounter.