Comparing Hamlet And Much Ado About Nothing

“To be or not to be, that is the question..” A saying that without a doubt most people will automatically credit to and know was written by William Shakespeare. The personal life of William Shakespeare is not that well explicated or elucidate. His literary works, on the other hand, for numerous reasons, have led Shakespeare to be deemed the greatest dramatist of all time. Aside from writing comedies such as Much Ado About Nothing, he also wrote tragedies such as Hamlet and Macbeth. Sophocles on the other hand is a Greek playwright who is considered to be one of the greats in tragedy. He was a pastor, political figure as well as a leader. The plays Antigone and Hamlet contain very similar and parallel individualities and themes. Both of the …show more content…
To begin with, the grief of both Antigone and Hamlet; Antigone was weeping and devastated due to the death of both her brothers. Whereas Hamlet, was anguished over the death of his father, King Hamlet. Both Antigone and Hamlet had uncles who had made transgressions against them and their families. In regards to Antigone, her uncle King Creon, stated and avowed that her brother ought not to be mourned or even be handed a decent burial and instead ought to be left to be eaten by scavengers (Antigone 36). As opposed to Hamlet, whose father’s ghost appeared and revealed to him that his uncle, King Claudius had killed him in the garden (Hamlet. 1.5.64-90). The two can be differentiated in the sense that Antigone was mourning and Hamlet was miserable if not a little mad. For Antigone, the outdoor ceremonial process of throwing dirt on the body of Polyneices is a satisfactory, and in her culture, an honorable approach of remembering the departed. When it comes to Hamlet, his remembrance of the departed became an internalization, a practice that cannot be ultimately decided through the act of rites and ceremonies. Hamlet is depressed for the reason that his grief is a pain that must not be rehabilitated. Melancholy, or just being depressed is an unsuccessful and ineffectual way to mourn. This is the circumstance from which Hamlet agonizes but to which Antigone is oddly …show more content…
The actions of Antigone and Hamlet resulted in the demise of many other individuals that were not directly part of their intentions. For instance, Antigone opted to commit suicide when she was condemned and punished to rot in a cave. As a result, Haimon, who is the son of Creon, as well as Eurydice who is his wife, also decided to kill themselves because of grief. When it comes to Hamlet, he erroneously killed Polonius, which in turn led to Ophelia’s drowning. There were also the poisonings, accidental or not the deaths of Laertes and Gertrude should be counted as well. Societal influence can also be considered in the aspect of the struggle between the state and the individual through the characters of King Creon and