In the literary works Hamlet by William Shakespeare and The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger, similarities can be found with each protagonists throughout each work. These similarities can be related with how Hamlet and Holden go through mentally challenging events within their lives. Although the two protagonists’ mental struggles are caused by very different factors, they actually demonstrate very similar reactions.
Hamlet and Holden notably illustrate the same reaction when a loved one dies, which is violence. This violence is seen in both men when the death of Ophelia and Allie is declared. In regards to Hamlet, he is in the graveyard and is witnessing a funeral occuring and realizes that the person being buried is in fact Ophelia, his …show more content…
When Hamlet states, “Yet have I something in me dangerous, / Which let thy wisdom fear,” he is letting Laertes know that he is full of rage due to the news of Ophelia and suggests that he is dangerous at this time. Hamlet is having difficulties dealing with the death of Ophelia and uses violence as a reaction to this tragedy. Not only does Hamlet use violence as a way to cope with a death of Ophelia, but Holden also uses violence as a way to cope with the death of his younger brother, Allie. Holden is writing a paper about Allie's baseball mitt and gets memories of when he died, and how he handled his feelings with violence and …show more content…
He uses the windows as a way to express his anger and frustration and breaks them to manage his feelings. When Holden says, “I slept in the garage the night he died, and I broke all the goddam windows with my fist,” he is sharing that during the time that Allie died, his first reaction was violence. Though Hamlet lost a girlfriend and Holden lost a brother, they still share the same reaction, destructiveness. Along with their mental difficulties, Hamlet and Holden isolate themselves which makes them even more mentally unstable. Hamlet isolates himself, which causes him to be much more lonely than before. Hamlet's best friends, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern has just arrived, but Hamlet discovers that they are only here to spy on him which makes him very upset: … I have of late, but wherefore I know not, lost all my mirth, forgone all custom of exercises, and indeed it goes so heavily with my disposition that this goodly frame. (2.2
Hamlet and Holden notably illustrate the same reaction when a loved one dies, which is violence. This violence is seen in both men when the death of Ophelia and Allie is declared. In regards to Hamlet, he is in the graveyard and is witnessing a funeral occuring and realizes that the person being buried is in fact Ophelia, his …show more content…
When Hamlet states, “Yet have I something in me dangerous, / Which let thy wisdom fear,” he is letting Laertes know that he is full of rage due to the news of Ophelia and suggests that he is dangerous at this time. Hamlet is having difficulties dealing with the death of Ophelia and uses violence as a reaction to this tragedy. Not only does Hamlet use violence as a way to cope with a death of Ophelia, but Holden also uses violence as a way to cope with the death of his younger brother, Allie. Holden is writing a paper about Allie's baseball mitt and gets memories of when he died, and how he handled his feelings with violence and …show more content…
He uses the windows as a way to express his anger and frustration and breaks them to manage his feelings. When Holden says, “I slept in the garage the night he died, and I broke all the goddam windows with my fist,” he is sharing that during the time that Allie died, his first reaction was violence. Though Hamlet lost a girlfriend and Holden lost a brother, they still share the same reaction, destructiveness. Along with their mental difficulties, Hamlet and Holden isolate themselves which makes them even more mentally unstable. Hamlet isolates himself, which causes him to be much more lonely than before. Hamlet's best friends, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern has just arrived, but Hamlet discovers that they are only here to spy on him which makes him very upset: … I have of late, but wherefore I know not, lost all my mirth, forgone all custom of exercises, and indeed it goes so heavily with my disposition that this goodly frame. (2.2