Values And Beliefs In Shakespeare's Hamlet

As people read literature, it can pose many benefits to them by offering help in their lives. One of these benefits is that it warns people about hubris and teaches them to happy with what they have in life. There are some classic writings, such as Harrison Bergeron, by Kurt Vonnegut, and Macbeth, by Shakespeare, which are prime examples of pieces of literature which have subliminal messages warning us to not be over ambitious. Additionally, there are contemporary writings, specifically an article about Trump, by Callum Borchers, which gives us examples of present day people who are being affected by their own ego. When people read others writing, whether it is contemporary or classic literature, they are taught about how it is human nature to always want more than they currently have and the dangers that can arise from not being humble, which helps shape their identity and can be used as a guide throughout life.

The values and attitudes that the protagonists carry with them into new worlds can influence their perception of their discoveries and its significance, giving the protagonist a growing depth of understanding and discernment. Discoveries, driven by wonder or necessity, can be challenging and confronting, compelling individuals to leave their comfort zone. Consequently, they are prepared to sacrifice the old to embrace the new, transforming and gaining new insights of themselves and the world around them. “The Tempest, a pastoral romance by William Shakespeare, portrays individuals who were faced with confronting experiences that assess their values, and who rediscover the necessity for compassion instead of abuse of power, leading them to re-evaluate their relations with other characters. In comparison, Ang Lee’s film, “The Life of Pi” is primarily focused on the process of self-discovery through isolation.

Stories show the consequences of our actions. By reading or hearing stories they help you think things through, they show us things so that we don 't repeat them and, they help us respect what other people go through. Stories make you think things through this is shown when Harold thinks,” what is one of them fell by the time someone came? He could be charged with manslaughter”(Valgardson 258).

It keeps the watcher outside the world which helps us learn the life lessons instead of empathizing with the characters in which was present in Macbeth. The reader could feel the guilt and anger that was going through Macbeth’s head as well as in Lady Macbeth’s. Both the play and the movie might have great similarities, but each has its own unique way to deliver the message to the reader/viewer. The philosophy in Throne of blood takes us well over Shakespeare, but they both serve the purpose of the story perfectly. Both Macbeth and Throne of Blood are unique in their own way, whether it’s the way the characters react, or to the themes.

Through Shakespeare’s use of language in Macbeth’s speeches, the audience gets to connect with the protagonist on a emotional level and gets to truly perceive the world through his eyes, allowing them to discover the dramatic flaws and that lead to his

“How to Tell a True War Story” and “Ambush” are stories that both explore on topics: truth, the real definition of a true war story, and the role of truth. O 'Brien starts off “How to Tell a True War Story” with “This is true.” Starting this story with such a bold sentence not only makes it seem more true, but to some extent, it acts as a comfort statement to the narrator’s own doubts, as if there were unspeakable uncertainties and lies of the narrator. The title of this story also comes into play, with a meta-fictional name “How to Tell a True War Story”, as if it were a guide, a manual, having a true war story tell the readers how to tell a true war story. However ironically, towards the middle of the story, us as

Therefore through the symbols in the play, the readers are able to not only develop a greater understanding of the theme but also how it has changed and created different

According to Aristotle, dramatic tragedy and epic poetry share several attributes, including a comparison in function, because tragedy evolves from the epic form (Kane, 2014). Aristotle classifies the most important amongst these elements are peripeteia, translated as “reversal,” and anagnorisis, translated as “recognition (Kane, 2014).” According to Chainani (2006), recognition is the change from ignorance to awareness, usually containing people coming to realize the identities of one another. In other words, recognition is when the character understands his/her circumstances and learns a lesson from his or her mistakes. On the other hand, reversal is defined as the change by which the main action of the story comes full-circle (Chainani, 2006).

In our life, we all have reasons behind the things we do, act and say. For instance, people may bully others to put their rage out or to make people feel useless. William Shakespeare is someone who made plays like Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, Macbeth and many others. In Shakespeare’s play titled Hamlet his portrayal of motivation contributes to his timeless appeal. Shakespeare gives and shows the insight of society, culture and the natural human emotions that he teaches his readers.

People have experiences on a day-to-day basis, some small, some large, but they all shape who they are, and in turn affect their values for the good or for the bad. They are best shown through literature, since it allows for realistic life experiences to be created in fictitious worlds. Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Judith Ortiz Cofer’s “Abuela Invent the Zero” both demonstrate the protagonist developing more appropriate values from important life experiences. In each of these classic stories, the main characters, Tom and Constancia, both have life experiences that shape them to cherish new things and value ideas that cause them to become more suitable, and rational people.

In order to find underlying meanings and to dig deeper it is important to use these quotes to make vital connections between the stories. Also, readers may be able to foreshadow things to happen in the story and which will allow them to focus on the character development and the relations between the stories. After the Mariner shoots the Albatross things seem to clear up, but after a sequence of unfortunate events it is clear that it was the wrong

Your perspective is reality, true or not it is. However, when something happens and you your perspective is lost is it true that you lose your sense of reality? Or perhaps you don 't lose reality but rather gain perspective, which can be confusing in a whole other light. Author Tim O’Brien, through his narrative, The Things They Carried, emphasises the idea the perhaps there is no way to lose perspective; instead you are constantly gaining it causes more confusion while you 're still writing your story. But perhaps when you take a step back after you’ve made it through the mess the pieces (the memorable moments good and bad) seem to fall into place creating a glance “across the surface of my [your] history” (233).

A person has to first achieve maturity by experiencing different cultures and making implications about human behavior. Furthermore, these experiences help the person make choices about the presence of evil, which allows one to realize that evil does exist without having to philosophically speculate about it. Additionally, individuals eventually acknowledge that, by nature, they constantly vary between being bored and suffering. From the evidence shown, one may conclude that in order to avoid the evils that are spread by humans, one may perform useful labor. Work can keep people away from evil and help them avoid boredom or distress.

This adversity forced aragorn to make the decision to either follow them to Mordor, or to save Meriadoc and Peregrin from the Uruk-hai. This challenge shaped his identity by forcing him to consider which alternative would result in a better outcome for the fellowship, therefore making him more knowledgeable of these kinds of conflicts, and giving him the ability to resolve them more adequately. Aragorn decided on the latter, thus proving that he could use leadership skills that he gained in the past to resolve the dilemma. Another way that this situation contributed to the changes in Aragorn’s identity was that it inclined Legolas and Gimli to perceive him as their commander. Since he was the one who ultimately decided on the direction to follow, the remaining two saw him as their leader.

Throughout the play Hamlet, it is discovered that Hamlet goes through many ordeals in such a short period of time and these ordeals altered his perspective on life. In the play, we learn what Hamlet’s perspective is, how his perspective is formed, and how it affects the meaning of the play. To begin with, through Hamlet soliloquies, we learn what Hamlet’s perspective on life is. At the beginning of the play, it is revealed that Hamlet believes life is worthless. This is evident in his “to be or not to be” soliloquy.