Hamlet And Hamlet Research Paper
Many of Hamlet 's themes are revived in the text of Great Expectations. Charles Dickens creates characters and plots that are intertextually linked with the elements of the fatherly ghost and revenge in Hamlet. Pip chronicles his quest for self-discovery and establishing and/or diminishing his relationships with fatherly figures. In doing so he, much like Hamlet, is challenged by situations filled with revenge and dauntless ghosts. By Dickens integrating the
Hamlet motif into Great Expectation, he promotes the reader 's understanding of the dominant themes and message of Pip 's tragedy, which directly correlate to the character of Prince Hamlet.
Dickens makes references to Hamlet throughout the novel, but he establishes strong parallels …show more content…
Hamlet becomes obsessed with revenging Claudius and proving his own authority: "The time is out of joint; O cursed spite, / That ever I was born to set it right!"
(1.5.1017-18). Both Pip and Hamlet are doomed to carry out their "father 's" wills.
A second fatherly figure is present in Pip 's journey to attain his "Great Expectations" (140; ch.
18). Joe Gargery was his sister 's husband, who helped her to raise Pip. He was a blacksmith and by no means was he a prestigious man. Pip quickly learned that this meager title could hinder his own chances at an identity. Joe had a small title and did not make much of a profit from his job.
He was on the low end of the socio-economic scale, but he stood proud spiritually. Joe was a good man who Pip could always depend upon. He wanted Pip do have a decent childhood and compensated acceptance for his sister 's tough love. Pip explains that "he always aided and comforted me when he could, in some way of his own" (43; ch. 4). Growing older and learning of a benefactor who expected him to "be immediately removed from his present sphere of life from this place, and be brought up as a gentleman," Pip immediately removed himself from …show more content…
Pip is fulfilling the wishes of his convict as well as his own (240; ch. 31). They have the mutual drive toward societal acceptance. The same actor is further recognized by Pip as a boy who plays many other roles during the play. Pip labels him as "inconsistent" (240; ch. 31). Actually Pip is revealing his own inconsistencies. Pip dresses for each part he wants in the social game to achieve high status, but he fools no one. Pip plays a multitude of roles to various people, but he remains the scared, little boy in the churchyard. The "noble boy," or actor, was portrayed as "as able seaman, a strolling actor, a gravedigger, a clergyman, and a person of the utmost importance at a Court fencing-match" (240; ch. 31). Pip 's acceptance of himself, instead of his search in society, leads to his salvation. He leads himself out of tragedy and into promise.
Upon Pip 's revelation, near the concluding chapters of Great Expectations, Dickens adjusts the parallels between Pip and the figure of Hamlet. In modeling Pip after the actor who plays many roles in the play, his character becomes multi-dimensional. All of the themes in Hamlet
Hamlet motif into Great Expectation, he promotes the reader 's understanding of the dominant themes and message of Pip 's tragedy, which directly correlate to the character of Prince Hamlet.
Dickens makes references to Hamlet throughout the novel, but he establishes strong parallels …show more content…
Hamlet becomes obsessed with revenging Claudius and proving his own authority: "The time is out of joint; O cursed spite, / That ever I was born to set it right!"
(1.5.1017-18). Both Pip and Hamlet are doomed to carry out their "father 's" wills.
A second fatherly figure is present in Pip 's journey to attain his "Great Expectations" (140; ch.
18). Joe Gargery was his sister 's husband, who helped her to raise Pip. He was a blacksmith and by no means was he a prestigious man. Pip quickly learned that this meager title could hinder his own chances at an identity. Joe had a small title and did not make much of a profit from his job.
He was on the low end of the socio-economic scale, but he stood proud spiritually. Joe was a good man who Pip could always depend upon. He wanted Pip do have a decent childhood and compensated acceptance for his sister 's tough love. Pip explains that "he always aided and comforted me when he could, in some way of his own" (43; ch. 4). Growing older and learning of a benefactor who expected him to "be immediately removed from his present sphere of life from this place, and be brought up as a gentleman," Pip immediately removed himself from …show more content…
Pip is fulfilling the wishes of his convict as well as his own (240; ch. 31). They have the mutual drive toward societal acceptance. The same actor is further recognized by Pip as a boy who plays many other roles during the play. Pip labels him as "inconsistent" (240; ch. 31). Actually Pip is revealing his own inconsistencies. Pip dresses for each part he wants in the social game to achieve high status, but he fools no one. Pip plays a multitude of roles to various people, but he remains the scared, little boy in the churchyard. The "noble boy," or actor, was portrayed as "as able seaman, a strolling actor, a gravedigger, a clergyman, and a person of the utmost importance at a Court fencing-match" (240; ch. 31). Pip 's acceptance of himself, instead of his search in society, leads to his salvation. He leads himself out of tragedy and into promise.
Upon Pip 's revelation, near the concluding chapters of Great Expectations, Dickens adjusts the parallels between Pip and the figure of Hamlet. In modeling Pip after the actor who plays many roles in the play, his character becomes multi-dimensional. All of the themes in Hamlet