The relationship that older Hamlet seems to have with younger Hamlet, or rather had with younger Hamlet, truly seems to be quite a healthy relationship. Hamlet Jr. seems to respect his father very well, and Hamlet Sr. also seems to respect his son as well. One could easily see the respect and appreciation that Hamlet Sr. and Hamlet Jr. have for each other. The very fact that Hamlet Jr. chooses to follow the ghost of his father when the ghost tells Hamlet Jr. to follow him shows a tremendous amount of respect between the son and the father (I.5.1-3). Respect and honor for each other seems to be what truly characterizes Hamlet Sr. and Hamlet Jr.
Polonius and Laertes are very unstable. They both are not the most honorable men, with Laertes being a potential and apparent trouble maker; who, by the way, hates his father, and Polonius, who is very similar to Laertes, but he is also extremely deceptive and misleading. For Laertes, whenever his father enters the room, he becomes very anxious and upset at the presence of his own father; "But here my father comes. A double blessing is a double grace; occasion smiles upon a second leave" (I.3.50-53). Polonius actually makes a full plan to figure out if his son, Laertes, is doing something that he shouldnt be doing or something that he (Polonius) would not like him doing. Both of these men do not like each other very much and they both do not respect each other or trust each other at all in anyway. There is definitely a huge difference between the relationship that Polonius and Laertes have and the relationship that Hamlet Jr. and Hamlet Sr. have. Polonius and Laertes' relationship is extremely unstable and dishonest as well.
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