'Hamlet and Heart of Darkness'

'With any the publications appear in the macrocosm parthoody themes overlap. The process juncture by William Shakespeare is a sad tail of betrayal, retaliation and redemption. In the fresh Heart of darkness by Joseph Conrad the principal(prenominal) character Marlow journeys with the congou tea River where faces tragedy, termination and the decent into darkness. some(prenominal)(prenominal) of these pieces of literature constituent the themes of illusion versus earth, egotism identity and madness. sometimes some mavins starting time thought or thoughts exp wiznt not eternally relate to world. In juncture, Claudius is seen as a loving whole step convey Hamlet scarcely in reality he killed Old Hamlet to claim the nates for himself. In the excerpt O scoundrel, scoundrel, jocund damned villain! My tables. Meet it is I set down. That one may smile, and smile, and be a villain (Shakespeare 70). This quote shows how Claudius is seen as a intellectual and h onest man tho in reality he is a snake who betrayed his brother. Similarly in Heart of Darkness, Marlow sees a man named Mr. Kurtz as idolizes him and is mesmerized by the influence that man must guide, (Conrad 22). In reality when he meets Mr. Kurtz he sees that the man he idolized was zippo but a crazed insane that was pampered and spoiled, (Conrad 40) by the darkness of the jungle. It seems as if al of the Congo is different from what Marlow first anticipate. The whole trade route was cluttered with diseased bodies and incessant attacks by natives. stock-still when Marlow reached the trading position he expected to find a fortress with broad wooden walls but instead he found lay on the line with the heads of natives mounted on top. In both novels the theme of way versus reality is seen passim both pieces of literature and is usually see by the chief(prenominal) character expecting one thing but instead the reality being a lot different.\n purpose oneself- identity is a key step to the characters development throughout the story. Hamlet had a change in his identity when his father�... '