Hamlet and Heart of Darkness

With all the literature aside in the world galore(postnominal) make-ups overlap. The play crossroads by William Shakespeare is a tragic target of betrayal, revenge and redemption. In the original Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad the principal(prenominal) character Marlow journeys with the Congo River where faces tragedy, death and the by rights into darkness. Both of these pieces of literature persona the themes of illusion versus globe, self individualism and madness. Sometimes some iodins eldest impression or thoughts might not everlastingly relate to ingenuousness. In crossroads, Claudius is seen as a loving stepfather Hamlet merely in reality he killed Old Hamlet to claim the throne for himself. In the quote O villain, villain, happy damned villain! My tables. chance 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 happy and beneficial small-arm but in reality he is a serpent who b etrayed his brother. Similarly in Heart of Darkness, Marlow sees a globe named Mr. Kurtz as idolizes him and is mesmerized by the influence that man must have, (Conrad 22). In reality when he meets Mr. Kurtz he sees that the man he idolized was zip but a madden lunatic 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 evaluate. The whole job despatch was littered with diseased bodies and never-ending attacks by natives. Even when Marlow reached the trading station he expected to find a bulwark with great wooden walls but instead he be stakes with the heads of natives mounted on top. In both novels the theme of appearance versus reality is seen throughout both pieces of literature and is commonly experienced by the main character expecting one affaire but instead the reality being a administer different.\nFinding oneself- identity is a key step to the characters organic evolution throughout the story. Hamlet had a change in his identity when his father�...