This idea has been incorporated into many stories throughout the development of literature. ... Oedipus and Hamlet, are both exposed to incestuous marriage, and experience madness. In the two plays, Oedipus and Hamlet are unconsciously exposed to incest. ... Both Oedipus and Hamlet experience a kind of madness. ... But tragically, Hamlet really does go mad just like Oedipus. ...
This idea has been incorporated into many stories throughout the development of literature. ... Oedipus and Hamlet, are both exposed to incestuous marriage, and experience madness. In the two plays, Oedipus and Hamlet are unconsciously exposed to incest. ... Both Oedipus and Hamlet experience a kind of madness. ... But tragically, Hamlet really does go mad just like Oedipus. ...
They never tell Oedipus that he is not their own. ... However, while searching for the truth Oedipus discovers that he is the murderer and the son of his wife. In the end, Oedipus finds his mother hanged herself, so in the midst of all this Oedipus gouges his eyes out and banished himself from the castle. ... As for Oedipus, knowing the truth may not be all its cracked up to be. ... Knowing the truth was very powerful in both these plays and it had a major effect on the outcomes of both stories. ...
They never tell Oedipus that he is not their own. ... However, while searching for the truth Oedipus discovers that he is the murderer and the son of his wife. In the end, Oedipus finds his wife/mother hanged herself, so in the midst of all this Oedipus gouges his eyes out and banished himself from the castle. ... As for Oedipus, knowing the truth may not be all it is cracked up to be. ... Knowing the truth was very powerful in both these plays and it had a major effect on the outcomes of both stories. ...
The main character makes the whole story work with their fate, flaws and words. ... Sophocles and Shakespeare both used disloyalty with murder to one's family in the stories "Oedipus Rex" and "Hamlet". ... That is the story you know, the killer is himself. ... Most people would compare Oedipus with Hamlet, but in my eyes I feel that because both Oedipus and Claudius are the villains in their stories, they should be paralleled with one another. ... Both stories ended with them "dead", one way or another. ...
In the genre of drama, many playwrights tend to use similar themes. Even when comparing two plays which normally would not be classified together, it progably will not be too difficult to find a similar element. Even with a contemporary play and a classic Shakespears tragedy, similarities can be f...
With these words, the ghost puts the play in motion, for the rest of the story will be governed by Hamlet's quest for revenge. ... First, it is claimed that Hamlet suffered from an Oedipus complex in a slight sense. ... If Hamlet did indeed have the Oedipus complex then it helps explain many of his actions. ...
Maybe it is all part of Hamlet's Oedipus complex. ... Then Hamlet stops Horatio from committing suicide and requests that Horatio tell his story. ... When Hamlet speaks to Horatio in the end, he is also speaking to the reader to retell the story, thus perpetuating the cycle of Hamlet. ...
