Comparing_Shakespeare

Comparing Shakespeare Death Of A Salesman vs. Hamlet Willy Loman and Hamlet are two characters so alike, yet are so different. Both are perfect examples of tragedy in literature. According to Webster’s Dictionary a tragedy is defined as a medieval narrative poem or tale typically describing the downfall of a great man, a serious drama typically describing a conflict between the protagonist and a superior force (as destiny) and having a sorrowful or disastrous conclusion that excites pity or terror, the literary genre of tragic dramas. Hamlet follows this to a "T". Death of a Salesman Willy Loman also follows these guidelines of a picture perfect tragedy. Compare the two characters and decide for your self how much they have in common. Hamlet is a rich young price of high moral estate and suddenly has his joyous life ripped away from him when his father, Hamlet Sr., suddenly passes away. After the death of his father, Hamlet has no reason to point blame at anyone, as there is nothing to make him believe that his father was killed unjustly. It is not until his fathers’ ghost appears to him that he is aware of a killer. He then says hamlet, willy, death, father, claudius, both, tragedy, laertes, ghost, eventually, after, through, salesman, now, life, characters, two, tragic, though, son, scene, never, loman, king, kills, killed, himself, different, ben, being, before, away, appearance, wife, way