Great Gatsby and Hamlet comparision
Throughout both books GG and H, there are several discrepancies between appearances vs. reality. It appears that everyone is full of deception and ulterior motives. Tom, Daisy and Gatsby all appear innocent and happy from an outsider’s perspective but when given a closer look the imperfections shine bright…. Hamlet is based aroundcharacters that play their roles behind the veil of duplicity. Everything appears to be true and accurate, but in reality it’s vice-versa. Three of the main characters that hid behind the mask are Hamlet, King Claudius, and Polonius. From behind this mask, their appearance is genuine and sincere, whereas in reality, they’re plagued with lies. They often appear to be only one way whilst they really are something entirely different. By viewing the controversies going on in Denmark, it is justifiable to state that there is truly something rotten in the state of Denmark.
BP#1 Polonius and Tom
-P appears loyal; reality sly and selfish. P appears to care about his family when in reality he is only concerned of how his kid’s actions reflect back on him. Right before Laertes leave for France P “Neither a borrower nor a lender be:
For loan oft loses both itself and friend; And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry.”This is typically fatherly advice, but later it is realized that P doesn’t trust L when he sends someone to spy on him. P actions may seem genuine but later they prove no more than P worried about his son’s reflection upon himself.
-Like P, T appears to be a loyal man especially to his family, when in reality he is extremely disloyal to D. “Tom’s got some woman in NY”. Tom is not happy w his marriage as he feels the need to cheat. At the dinner table, D quickly brings up how she has a bruised finger and is in pain “That’s what I get for marrying a brute of a man, a great big hulking-“. T has told D not to call him “hulking”, her defiance to her husband shows how unhappy she is w their marriage.
Both P and T appear to be loyal from an
BP#1 Polonius and Tom
-P appears loyal; reality sly and selfish. P appears to care about his family when in reality he is only concerned of how his kid’s actions reflect back on him. Right before Laertes leave for France P “Neither a borrower nor a lender be:
For loan oft loses both itself and friend; And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry.”This is typically fatherly advice, but later it is realized that P doesn’t trust L when he sends someone to spy on him. P actions may seem genuine but later they prove no more than P worried about his son’s reflection upon himself.
-Like P, T appears to be a loyal man especially to his family, when in reality he is extremely disloyal to D. “Tom’s got some woman in NY”. Tom is not happy w his marriage as he feels the need to cheat. At the dinner table, D quickly brings up how she has a bruised finger and is in pain “That’s what I get for marrying a brute of a man, a great big hulking-“. T has told D not to call him “hulking”, her defiance to her husband shows how unhappy she is w their marriage.
Both P and T appear to be loyal from an