That both the worlds, I give to negligence, / Let come what comes; only I’ll be reveng’d / Most throughly for my father.
Act IV, Scene 5 · Laertes
Context
Laertes continues his vow of revenge, declaring that he will disregard both this world and the next in his single-minded pursuit of vengeance for Polonius.
Analysis
The phrase 'both the worlds' collapses earthly consequence and eternal damnation into a single dismissal ('I give to negligence'), emptying them of weight through sheer rhetorical force. The plain, blunt syntax of 'only I'll be reveng'd / Most throughly' after this cosmic renunciation makes revenge sound like the one solid fact left in Laertes's universe.
Essay Tip
Support a thesis that Laertes represents the seductive clarity of revenge—this quote shows how single-minded purpose can feel liberating after moral confusion, but Shakespeare presents that clarity as a dangerous simplification that ignores the complexity Hamlet struggles with.