They are also similar as they both have a distaste for social norms, masterminds, selfish, clever, emotionally conflicted, mysterious, sophisticated and they both harm people who are guilty, but go to an extreme of handling it. Although there are some differences between Venom and Hamlet, they are similar in many ways because the building blocks of their personalities define them as Byronic Heros. Although we could …show more content…
Although Hamlet and Venom are both mentally and emotionally sophisticated, Venom is more physically sophisticated because he has a symbiote controlling his body and changing his physical appearance. “I tried to tell you but you wouldn't listen: the suit's changing-- it's evolved. I'm all tapped out-- it can't use me no more. All this time I thought it wanted to be with me... ...but it only ever wanted you.” (The Spectacular Spider-Man Vol 2, Number 3). As you can see, the suit changes and evolves and can change things physically, mentally, and emotionally with Venom. I think that an alien life form living on your body with a symbiotic relationship that has the ability to make you physically stronger and change your mind is quite …show more content…
Hamlet is so self-consumed that he can’t stop thinking about killing King Claudius and devising complicated plans to do so. In one part of the play Claudius is praying and Hamlet had the perfect opportunity to kill him, but he is so sophisticated that instead of killing King Claudius, Hamlet decides to do it another time because he wants the King to feel as guilty and angry as possible before being killed rather than Claudius feeling cleansed. Venom is similarly selfish because he wants to kill Spiderman, but instead of doing it right away he does many small things such as stealing Mary Jane from