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    not to be”‚ they are all presented differently by the three different directors‚ and actors portraying Hamlet. Unfortunately‚ we may never see how the play was meant to be shown from Shakespeare himself‚ we get to see how other people feel the play should rightfully done. On the other hand‚ all three of these plays are not equal in how “good” they are. Branagh does an amazing job being Hamlet‚ while Olivier is very well done considering the date of its release‚ it is just outdone a more modern version

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    Each text shows viewers characters that are both heroes and villains. The protagonists in each text‚ Simba and Hamlet‚ both discover that their fathers have been murdered by the antagonists‚ Scar and Claudius. After the death of Mufasa‚ Simba blamed himself and with the encouragement of Scar‚ he ran away from Pride Rock to escape the fear of what his kingdom would think. As Simba becomes older and reunites with Nala‚ he understands the fulfillments he is destined to do. When he returns to Pride Rock

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    philosophical battle that takes place within him‚ shows the views of Shakespeare’s time and how the philosophy of this time is what is holding back hamlet from committing suicide. Both of these writings are ones that philosophy is in the very fabric of one great criticism and a play that leads a man on a path of revenge and how to justify it. In Hamlet‚ by William Shakespeare‚ and Candide‚ by Voltaire‚ the subject of philosophy is one that centers throughout both of the writings; one that is discussed

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    The fact that Hamlet was thought to be autobiographical heavily discredits Shakespeare as there are many parallels to Edward De Vere’s own personal life in the play. Bethell finds it skeptical that the main character of HamletHamlet‚ resembles De Vere in many specific personal aspects. For instance‚ both De Vere and Hamlet‚ courtiers and Renaissance men‚ were scholars‚ athletes‚ and poets in their respective worlds. The uncanny similarity between De Vere and Hamlet even extends to specific

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    Hamlet was obsessed with finding the truth. He needed to know the fate of how his father died. For Hamlet was engulfed with rage and searched for revenge. Hamlet needed to avenge his father’s death‚ so both could find peace. He can be argued as a justice seeker. It can be argued‚ that Hamlet caused many unfortunate deaths. His eccentric and cruel behavior made many wary. The events of the story ‘Hamlet’ were like dominos. That being said‚ each main character was a domino piece and they all fall one

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    in which she cannot escape. She could rebel‚ be manipulative or be a villain but she did not instead‚ she coped with the situation. Similarly‚ Hamlet in Shakespeare’s‚ Hamlet thinks that living

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    technique to portray something they want other characters to know about. An example is William Shakespeare’s Hamlet. During the play‚ Prince Hamlet has a group of people preform another play depicting his father’s murder‚ which prolongs Hamlet and explains to the other characters what had happened to his father. This is similar to what Shahrazad is doing in The Arabian Nights. The play that Hamlet put on had a more direct approach than the stories Shahrazad

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    While they have what I consider basic hero features they differ in many aspects. Beowulf‚ as a pagan‚ believes in Fate‚ "Fate will unwind as it must" (line 189) while Sir Gawain has Christian beliefs. Sir Gawain is under the chivalric code and Beowulf is not. Unlike Beowulf‚ Sir Gawain exhibits some cowardice in his hiding of the girdle that Lady Bertilak gives him as she tries to seduce him. Beowulf’s struggle against Grendel

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    Beowulf and Odysseus have much in common as would be expected. When Beowulf is first introduced to the reader‚ he is described as being the mightiest man in Geatland‚ “There was no one else like him alive. In his day‚ he was the mightiest man on earth‚ high-born and powerful‚” (Heaney 15). Odysseus could be described very similarly‚ the mightiest man in Greece and also the smartest man in Greece. Also‚ the two of them are both on great quests‚ Beowulf to defeat Grendel and Odysseus to return

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    Comparing to Laertes’s speculation of the murderer‚ Hamlet directly assumed that the person spying on his conversation with Gertrude was Claudius. And therefore‚ Hamlet stabbed the curtain and mistakenly killed Polonius who was hiding behind it. However‚ beside the notable differences‚ Hamlet and Laertes have more similarities. Both of the characters reacted impulsive when they got furious. Hamlet and Laertes’s reckless actions were caused by frustration and anger. The anger arose in them made them

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