Hamlet v. Ozymandias
Shakespeare’s Hamlet vs. Ozymandias
Comparative Essay
By: Nabeeha Darr
The texts that are being discussed in this essay both share parallel themes, and this essay will be describing and comparing two of the similar themes, Greed and Appearance vs. Reality. In Shakespeare’s Hamlet, possibly one of the greatest plays that has ever been put to paper, we encounter the prince of Denmark, Hamlet himself, and the trails and suffering he has to go through. In the beginning we know that the old king died and his brother, Hamlets’ uncle Claudius, marries the queen Gertrude and becomes the new ruler. In the poem Ozymandias, by Percy Bysshe we start of meeting a wanderer, who meets a stranger. He then hears the story of the foolish king Ozymandias, who thought that his once wondrous works would still be standing after he died. Instead, he became the lonely king of nothing. Both Hamlet and king Ozymandias were lonely people, and they both lose everything in the end. Two key themes that are shared in these texts include Greed, and Appearance vs. Reality.
The first theme I chose to write about is the theme of Greed. In Hamlet, this relates to King Claudius’ hunger for power, resulting in his downfall. All he wanted was to be King, and his desire for power was so strong, he ended up killing his own blood brother, Old King Hamlet. However his reign as king did not last very long and he soon met his own downfall, along with a number of other deaths. In the poem Ozymandias, the foolish king who once had a large and wondrous empire was stupid enough to think that it would last through the ages, and that the people would still look up to him for even in death this King was greedy. His lust for supremacy led him to build a statue of himself, telling his people that he was supreme, and his glorious empire would stand forever. In reality, the kingdom disappeared and the lonely king was left to reign over nothing but the barren lands that spread around him for
Comparative Essay
By: Nabeeha Darr
The texts that are being discussed in this essay both share parallel themes, and this essay will be describing and comparing two of the similar themes, Greed and Appearance vs. Reality. In Shakespeare’s Hamlet, possibly one of the greatest plays that has ever been put to paper, we encounter the prince of Denmark, Hamlet himself, and the trails and suffering he has to go through. In the beginning we know that the old king died and his brother, Hamlets’ uncle Claudius, marries the queen Gertrude and becomes the new ruler. In the poem Ozymandias, by Percy Bysshe we start of meeting a wanderer, who meets a stranger. He then hears the story of the foolish king Ozymandias, who thought that his once wondrous works would still be standing after he died. Instead, he became the lonely king of nothing. Both Hamlet and king Ozymandias were lonely people, and they both lose everything in the end. Two key themes that are shared in these texts include Greed, and Appearance vs. Reality.
The first theme I chose to write about is the theme of Greed. In Hamlet, this relates to King Claudius’ hunger for power, resulting in his downfall. All he wanted was to be King, and his desire for power was so strong, he ended up killing his own blood brother, Old King Hamlet. However his reign as king did not last very long and he soon met his own downfall, along with a number of other deaths. In the poem Ozymandias, the foolish king who once had a large and wondrous empire was stupid enough to think that it would last through the ages, and that the people would still look up to him for even in death this King was greedy. His lust for supremacy led him to build a statue of himself, telling his people that he was supreme, and his glorious empire would stand forever. In reality, the kingdom disappeared and the lonely king was left to reign over nothing but the barren lands that spread around him for