Comparing Hamlet by William Shakespeare and The Killings by Andre Dubus

Comparing Hamlet by William Shakespeare and The Killings by Andre DubusLosing a loved one to tragedy, especially two roughly brutish and malicious tragedies as these, will torture the minds of any and all men. terrific thoughts, even carefully planned acts of revenge will plow themselves into your brain. It is how we act to these situations that can and will forever define that man, his life, and his actions. In these two stories, Hamlets founder and monotonic Fowlers son are murdered with jealous motives of romance, ambition, betrayal and rage. retaliate captures the hearts of both characters, but in different forms. Hamlet sees his fathers weirdo and is told if he ever loved his father he is to ?revenge his foul and most unnatural murder?. The brutal slayer of Fowler?s son is out on bail and faces minimal jail time for the life of Frank Fowler, Matt?s youngest son. Matt decides to take the law into his own hands and with the attention of a friend, plans and executes the murder of Richard Strout.With the killer of his son bar-hopping around town and his wife broken apart with grief, Matt Fowler loses himself in revenge. He begins to carry an unregistered gun hoping to confront Strout and kill him in ?self-defense?. He is frustrated in his professional life, losing his nerve as a hard-working bank manager, otiose to look his customers in the eye without shying away in fear and grief. at long last confessing himself to a poker buddy, his murderous intentions rush out onto the table. His friend, who?s sympothy and loyalty may be excessive, agrees to help Matt take his revenge on Strout. Hamlet, instead, seeks his revenge alone.When Horatio, Marcellus, and Bernardo take Hamlet to see the ghost of his father, he follows the ghost... ...n a dish served cold. Though he found the nerve to seek his revenge, I doubt he ever stopped replaying the events of that night in his head, enquire if he did the right thing, and if the pricetag for it was going to be hell or prison. incomplete Hamlet nor Fowler forgive the men who wronged them, and their lives, consumed with the idea of injustice, were ruined along with virtually everyone else?s. For Fowler, the answer was easy Kill and don?t get caught. He thought only of the best way to get away with it, forgetting his ethical motive and judgement. I question how hard he thought if he should do it or not. His instincts told him to kill, and that is what he did. Hamlet, on the other hand, fought with himself over and over near how to appropriatly handle his revenge, and opportunity presented itself, as it always does, with time. Regretfully, he was mortally wounded.