Willy Loman and Hamlet are two characters so alike, yet are so different. Both are perfect examples of tragedy in literature. According to Webster's Dictionary a tragedy is defined as a medieval narrative poem or tale typically describing the downfall of a great man, a serious drama typically describing a conflict between the protagonist and a superior force (as destiny) and having a sorrowful or disastrous conclusion that excites pity or terror, the literary genre of tragic dramas. Hamlet follows this to a "T". Death of a Salesman Willy Loman also follows these guidelines of a picture perfect tragedy. Compare the two characters and decide for your self how much they have in common. .
Hamlet is a rich young price of high moral estate and suddenly has his joyous life.
ripped away from him when his father, Hamlet Sr., suddenly passes away. After the death of his father, Hamlet has no reason to point blame at anyone, as there is nothing to make him believe that his father was killed unjustly. It is not until his fathers" ghost appears to him that he is aware of a killer. He then says "Haste me to know't, that I with wings as swift as meditation or the thoughts of love may sweep to my revenge." (Act 1, Scene 5,). But by the end of the scene he says "The time is out of joint: O cursed spite that I was ever born to set it right." (Act 1, Scene5) showing that he is no longer in such a hurry for the murder of Claudius. This could be due to the fact that the appearance of his father's ghost may not seem very reliable to him as he questions his own sanity over what he thinks he should do. Unlike Laertes, Hamlet has deep consideration for his soul being damned on account of his actions to avenge his father. He condemns himself throughout the play for being a coward.
Though originally thought to be of natural causes, it is now revealed to him through his father's ghost, that dear old dad was murdered by his Step-Father, and also his Uncle, Claudius.
Shakespeare often uses love as a major theme in his writing. ... In Sonnets 18, 116, and 130 Shakespeare uses a pure and good love as a major theme. ... Sonnet 16 uses the metaphor of "a summer's day" to compare love with. ... In Sonnet 18, the speaker is comparing his love to a summer's day. ... The love that is spoken about is compared to everlasting nature. ...
Animal Analogies of Shakespeare Shakespeare is the master of transformation. ... Shakespeare often chose which animal would depict which character by their physical traits, for if a woman were timid and graceful she might be compared to a deer and if a man were heavy with a loud voice he would be compared to a lion or a bull. ... Shakespeare was a devoted fan of Ovid's Metamorphoses and evidence of this work can be found throughout most of Shakespeare's plays. ... Subsequently, in Merry Wives of Windsor, the character of Falstaff is compared to various animals thirty-one times ...
The majority of the 152 Sonnets Shakespeare wrote focus on love. ... Shakespeare often used metaphors in his descriptions. ... Shakespeare uses metaphors to describe his lover. ... "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? ... Shakespeare also says that summer goes by too quickly. ...
Shakespeare compared the features of his mistress to those of nature, seemingly mocking her looks, ("Coral is far more red than her lips' red"). ... Shakespeare also used figures of speech well to explain his subject matter. ... This figure of speech is an example of a simile, comparing the sun's shining beauty to that of his mistress? eyes which, when compared to the shining of the sun, do not live up to any false praise he might write. ... In the second sonnet, Shakespeare used images of a forest in autumn, growing brown and dying. ...
In the octet, Shakespeare presents the opposing argument and dabbles with comparing his mistress to the usual objects. ... Of particular interest in the sestet is the section that compares his mistress with a goddess - "I grant I never saw a goddess go; My mistress, when she walks, treads on the ground." ... He declares that the love for his mistress is "as rare" as any other woman whose beauty has been exaggerated with "false compare". ... There are a variety of language techniques employed by Shakespeare to emphasise his argument. ... There are a number of other effects Shakespeare employs i...
An example of, a lyric poem is William Shakespeare's "Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's Day," in which the speaker expresses feeling towards a lover. ... These characteristics of the sonnet are seen in "Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's Day." ... The speaker in the poem compares a summer's day to the relationship of the couple. ... Coming back to the text, Literature: A Pocket Anthology, it is evident that Shakespeare uses alliteration or repetition of the first letter which in lines five (hot, heaven), eight. ... Shakespeare's poem shows all the characteristics and ...
Shakespeare develops this theme in three primary ways. ... In addition, Shakespeare expresses that if one does not wait to procreate, it may be too late and hence " Mak'st waste in niggarding" ( Shakespeare 12). ... Shakespeare compares the ways of people to the ways of nature. ... Shakespeare stresses that people must reproduce while they are "the world's fresh ornament" (Shakespeare 9). ... There are many allusions to the Bible in Shakespeare's works. ...
Sharon Olds uses them in the way that she compares her daughter's youth to her lack of youth. ... (line 4-6) Then Olds starts to compare the daughter to the mother. ... She compares her own fertility to her daughter's, and then uses a metaphor to describe how her daughter's body is ready to literally burst into womanhood. ... This shows how Shakespeare's youth is causing himself to fade, and once the fire is out, just like Shakespeare's life, it can never be started again. ... In Sharon Old's poem, she uses very descriptive words to help compare a mother to a...
Introduction William Shakespeare: one of the most well-known authors in history. ... Very little is known and documented about Shakespeare the man. ... Shakespeare became a man of property and affluence. ... A monument to Shakespeare was set up on the north wall of the chancel, with a bust of Shakespeare. ... Following is my analysis of probably the most read Shakespearean sonnet, #18: Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? ...
And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare As any she belied with false compare. ... The very first line he tells us that his mistress' eyes cannot be compared to the brilliancy of the 'sun'. ... However, Shakespeare defies convention. ... He says, "And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare/ than any she belied with false compare" (lines 13-14). ... His use of the metaphor "black wires" (line 4) to compare his mistress' hair to wires proves effective. ...