Like Parent, Like Child
“We know what we are, but know not what we may be.” -William Shakespeare
How we are is shaped by what we choose to be, but is also influenced by our parents and their actions. In the tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, he is grieving over the death of his father King Hamlet. Just shortly after that, his uncle Claudius takes the throne and marries Hamlet’s mother, his sister-in-law. Hamlet is shocked that his mother easily forgets and marries another man after the King’s death. He later is visited by his father’s ghost and told that his uncle Claudius, murdered him, now Hamlet has to avenge his father and expose Claudius. In the tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, Shakespeare explores the
“We know what we are, but know not what we may be.” -William Shakespeare
How we are is shaped by what we choose to be, but is also influenced by our parents and their actions. In the tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, he is grieving over the death of his father King Hamlet. Just shortly after that, his uncle Claudius takes the throne and marries Hamlet’s mother, his sister-in-law. Hamlet is shocked that his mother easily forgets and marries another man after the King’s death. He later is visited by his father’s ghost and told that his uncle Claudius, murdered him, now Hamlet has to avenge his father and expose Claudius. In the tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, Shakespeare explores the