What are some character traits that Laertes has?Hamlet by William Shakespeare Please provide proof and cite lines for the character trait you choose

While Laertes is bold and rash as he crashes into
Elsinore, calling Claudius "O thou vile king! (V,i,116), and while he is gullible in
believing Claudius's intention are for Laertes to avenge himself against Hamlet, Laertes
does have some redeeming characteristics.

For instance,
just before Laertes wounds Hamlet with the rapier whose tip has been poisoned, he has a
twinge of conscience as in an aside he says, "And yet it is almost against my conscience
(V,ii,296).  Then, as he and Hamlet lie dying, Laertes asks Hamlet to forgive him as he
forgives Hamlet:

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Exchange forgiveness with me, noble
Hamlet

Mine and my father's death come not upon
thee,

'Nor thine on me! (V,ii,
308-310)

And, perhaps the
most redeeming trait of Laertes is his devotion and love for his sister.  To Ophelia,
Laertes gives sound advice when he learns that she loves Hamlet, cautioning her to
remember that he is Prince of Denmark and may have to marry someone else, and to be
careful with her affections:

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...Perhaps he loves you
now,

And now no soil nor cautel doth
besmirch

The virtue of his will, but you must
fear,

His greatess weighed, his will is not his
own,

For he himself is subject to his
birth.

He may not, as unvalued persons
do,

Carve for himself, for on his choice
depends

The safety and health of this whole
state,

And therefore must his choice be
circumscribed

Unton the voice and yielding of that
body

Whereof he is the head.  Then if he says he loves
you,

It fits your wisdom so far to believe
it....[But]

If with too credent ear you list his
songs,

Or lose your heart, or your chaste treasure
open

To his unmastered
importunity.

Fear it, Ophelia, fear it, my dear
sister,

And keep you in the rear of your affection.
(I,iii,14-34)

That he loves
his sister dearly is also evidenced when Laertes jumps into her
grave:

Lay
her i' th'earth,

And from her fair and unpolluted
flesh

May violets spring!  I tell thee, churlish
priest,

A minist'ring angel shall my sister
be

When thou liest howling
(V,i,208-212)

Impetuous and
at times rather foolish, Laertes is, nevertheless, forgiving and
loving.