Good literature is considered not an escape from reality , but a plunge into a deeper reality, where universal truth's are glimpsed. This statement is true to a high degree for both, The Stone Angel , by Margaret Laurence and Hamlet, by William Shakespeare. The protagonists, Hagar in The Stone Ange...
At key moments of crisis in Shakespeare's play Hamlet, Hamlet speaks of the nature of life, death, and meaning; those discussions suggest that to have meaning in life you must give it to yourself. ... In this passage Hamlet is still talking about that death he wishes to impose on himself. ...
Upon examining Shakespeare's characters in this play, Hamlet proves to be an exceedingly complex character, and functions as the key element to the development of the play. ... And am I then revenged To take him in the purging of his soul, When he is fit and seasoned for his passage? ...
