Comparing Hamlet And Never Let Me Go
Throughout both books, Hamlet and Never Let Me Go, there is an omnipresent theme of morality. There are a lot of incidences in both, where the question of morality is put to the test.
In Shakespeare’s plays, there often are issues that arise that cause the characters to make a tough choice, which is to do the right thing or to do what benefits them. In Hamlet, many characters are faced with these tough choices. Claudius was the first to fall victim to an acquisitive nature when he poisoned his brother, the king, and married his wife to assume the role as the new King. This incident leads to many others throughout the play, but mostly dealt with Hamlet. Hamlet was a genuine man who valued family, loyalty, and justice. Hamlet’s ethical conscious …show more content…
The clones were purchased by people who wanted to live longer, and when their organs begin to fail they will have a fresh new set to take. The concept of clones is ethically wrong. These children are raised for the sole purpose of organ harvesting and will be killed in the process. “I heard she completed during her second donation.” (p172 Never Let Me Go Pdf) It is cruel and inhumane to raise these people with no freedom or possible future. They are faced with a constant lack of rights and information as to their futures. When asking about anything they are always given a vague respond like “All I can tell you today is that it's for a good reason. A very important reason. But if I tried to explain it to you now, I don't think you'd understand. One day, I hope, it'll be explained to you.” (pg34) Once the children are old enough to leave Hailsham they get to live at Cottages for a few years and “experience” life, although there is not much for them to do, while they wait to have their organs harvested. If it is not their time for harvesting, they can choose to become carers, carers are basically nurses that take care of the donors before and after donating. Even now that they know their sole purpose for life is donating then dying, they are still forced to work for the
In Shakespeare’s plays, there often are issues that arise that cause the characters to make a tough choice, which is to do the right thing or to do what benefits them. In Hamlet, many characters are faced with these tough choices. Claudius was the first to fall victim to an acquisitive nature when he poisoned his brother, the king, and married his wife to assume the role as the new King. This incident leads to many others throughout the play, but mostly dealt with Hamlet. Hamlet was a genuine man who valued family, loyalty, and justice. Hamlet’s ethical conscious …show more content…
The clones were purchased by people who wanted to live longer, and when their organs begin to fail they will have a fresh new set to take. The concept of clones is ethically wrong. These children are raised for the sole purpose of organ harvesting and will be killed in the process. “I heard she completed during her second donation.” (p172 Never Let Me Go Pdf) It is cruel and inhumane to raise these people with no freedom or possible future. They are faced with a constant lack of rights and information as to their futures. When asking about anything they are always given a vague respond like “All I can tell you today is that it's for a good reason. A very important reason. But if I tried to explain it to you now, I don't think you'd understand. One day, I hope, it'll be explained to you.” (pg34) Once the children are old enough to leave Hailsham they get to live at Cottages for a few years and “experience” life, although there is not much for them to do, while they wait to have their organs harvested. If it is not their time for harvesting, they can choose to become carers, carers are basically nurses that take care of the donors before and after donating. Even now that they know their sole purpose for life is donating then dying, they are still forced to work for the