Deception is an essential element of Shakespearean drama and Scott Fitzgerald’s writing style. Whether it is tragedy, history, or comedy. The deception can be destructive or not. It can be practiced on others or, just as likely, self-inflicted. On occasion deception becomes the very foundation of a play, as is the case with Hamlet by William Shakespeare. Deception is also very evident in The Great Gatsby by Scott Fitzgerald through all the cheating people.
In The Great Gatsby all of the inhabitants of East and West Egg use one another to get what they want, with little care as to how it will affect the people around them. Through the eyes of Nick Carraway, we see how the wealthy live: they live in a luxurious society surrounded by their own lies and deception. Looking in from the outside, their lives seem …show more content…
This is revenge deception. Hamlet's deception is very smart and witty. He tries to keep it a secret that he knows that Claudius killed his father. For that he has managed to killed Polonius and Laertes when Claudius made them fight, and the most deceiving of all. He told Ophelia that he hated her because he knew that Claudius and Polonius were watching which resulted in her drowning herself. This quote comes from the part of the book when Hamlet is having a conversation with Horatio about his last words in his final moments. He openly admits that he knows everything to someone, another human and for him to tell the world the tragic story of Denmark. He tells Horatio this because everyone who would be hurt by the secrets is already dead. "On Fortinbras; he has my dying voice. So tell him, with th' occurents , more or less , which have solicited-the rest is silence (act5, scene2)." This quote proves that Hamlet kept secrets and deceived everyone by doing so, which resulted in everyone dying because they didn't know the truth. Revenge deception led to the death of many
In The Great Gatsby all of the inhabitants of East and West Egg use one another to get what they want, with little care as to how it will affect the people around them. Through the eyes of Nick Carraway, we see how the wealthy live: they live in a luxurious society surrounded by their own lies and deception. Looking in from the outside, their lives seem …show more content…
This is revenge deception. Hamlet's deception is very smart and witty. He tries to keep it a secret that he knows that Claudius killed his father. For that he has managed to killed Polonius and Laertes when Claudius made them fight, and the most deceiving of all. He told Ophelia that he hated her because he knew that Claudius and Polonius were watching which resulted in her drowning herself. This quote comes from the part of the book when Hamlet is having a conversation with Horatio about his last words in his final moments. He openly admits that he knows everything to someone, another human and for him to tell the world the tragic story of Denmark. He tells Horatio this because everyone who would be hurt by the secrets is already dead. "On Fortinbras; he has my dying voice. So tell him, with th' occurents , more or less , which have solicited-the rest is silence (act5, scene2)." This quote proves that Hamlet kept secrets and deceived everyone by doing so, which resulted in everyone dying because they didn't know the truth. Revenge deception led to the death of many