Similarities Between Hamlet And Oedipus

Hamlet and Oedipus: The Tragedy Tragedy can be defined as the downfall of a protagonist through some fatal error or misjudgment, producing suffering and insight on the part of the main character. No matter how hard someone tries to prevent tragedy, it still may occur even if you try and avoid it or ignore it. Oedipus tries to escape tragedy by running from it. Often times in order to forget something or prevent it from happening we try and run away or try something new. We may even carry on a new habit in order to forget what has happened. Running away is not an easy solution for Hamlet. He is assigned to find the person that murdered his father but he does not act on this immediately. Two kings must leave their innocent behind and allow the truth to enlighten them. This is a battle of light and darkness; the light being the truth and the darkness being the lie. Throughout these plays we see both characters being isolated in a world of their own, surrounded by the truth.
Hamlets' fate played out through his whole life. No one knew that hamlet's life would end up the way that it did. The discovery of his father's murder by the hand of his Uncle leads to an awakening from the fog, which created the illusionary world Hamlet lives under. Doubts begin to cloud Hamlet's mind. He asks the question, "to be or not to be for that is the question." In asking
This question, Hamlet poses the question whether people can live in innocence or if they can live with knowledge. Finding the truth at last, Hamlet chooses to handle it in a way that leads to his own death. Choosing to avenge his father's death, he takes "an eye for an eye" and kills his uncle. The question now exists whether or not he truly needed to get revenge for his father or for himself? This question is best left unanswered for now because it would require a deeper explanation to understand this