Percy And Hamlet Research Paper

Then, when done, speak about percy, summarize book.
Although it may not seem like it as first glance, Percy and Hamlet share many similarites. Both are adolecents who are unexpectedly forced into positions of power and must now carry out a request by their powerful father’s. Ultimately, Percy is successful in his quest while Hamlet is driven to madness. Before we question why Hamlet becomes mad and Percy is able to keep a level head, we should examine what factors they have in common. Both have the support of friends, Percy with Grover, an odd kids he describes as “ an easy target. He was scrawny. He cried when he got frustrated. He must’ve been held back several grades, because he was the only sixth grader with acne and the start of a wispy …show more content…
similarity, both young heroes. around same age. then speak about how they are similar with the request from powerful fathers.
The relationship Hamlet presumably had with his father, the king, was an probably apprentice-like one, fully of high expectations and distance. Shakespeare often explores family dynamics and relationships through the medium of his plays, and in Hamlet he examines the father-son relationship. Hamlet takes place in 14th century Denmark, a patriochal society run by a monarchy. The relationship between Hamlet and his father reflects the relationship between parent and child through the expectation from father to son during this time period. Family life was full with parental expectations of their sons and daughters. The household was run by the father, girls were expected to marry young and become “women”, and children were raised to follow their father’s footsteps. As with any parent relationship with their child, the parent maintained a level of ambivalence. There was the expectation that children were to absolutely obey their fathers without question. This expectation is furthered in Hamlet’s situation by the fact that his …show more content…
In What Happens in Hamlet, author John Dover Wilson speaks of Shakespeare’s tendency to paint his protagonists as heroes, “Shakespeare asks every spectator, every reader, to sympathize with his hero, to feel with him, to place himself in his shoes, to understand his situation, and to attempt, in imagination, a solution” (44), but is Hamlet a conventional hero? He does not seem to have the qualities of a hero, such that Percy has. Perhaps the reason Hamlet does not get the typical “hero ending” (gets the girl, lives happily ever after) is because he is not in fact a her, but an anti-hero. An anti-hero is the “hero” of the play or novel, but this protagonist lacks the characteristics and traits of a traditional hero and has negative attributes. Some negative attributes may include physical deformity, violent nature and questionably morality. Some common characteristics of an anti-hero include but are not limited to pragmatism, greed, rebellious nature, and sexism. As we dive deeper into the workings of Hamlet, we notice that Hamlet occupies the muddled grey area between a hero and a villain. He is sort of a hero because we see that he is fulfilling his father’s wishes to right the wrong of his murderous uncle and avenge his father, but Hamlet is also sort of a villain because he is committing