Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Dorian Hamlet or Hamlet Gray...
There are many contrasts to the tragic tales of both Dorian Gray and Hamlet.
Whereas Vanity was Dorian Gray's demise, self lust was the last thing on Hamlets mind,
often having lengthy talks/soliloquy's focusing on his own self consciousness and willingness to die. Furthermore, throughout Dorian Gray, Dorian loses his way in more ways than one; murder,
negative influence and detrimental vanity all drag him down until he no longer recognizes his own soul. Throughout Hamlet, his misguided actions lead him to a better, more complex understanding of himself.
The nobility of the two men is also under observation. Hamlet dies a noble death, full of repentance, forgiveness and making amends with Laertes while Dorian Gray commits suicide by covering up the
filth that has built up on his soul; a death void of honor, repentance and humility. Dorian Gray and
Hamlet both have love interests that seem educationally bleak. Sybl Vane, a lowly, idiotic actress
and woman of interest to Dorian and Ophelia, an equally idiotic woman of interest to Hamlet
both die tragically after the detonation of the ties and relationships to their men.
Both commit suicide and go slightly mad after the relationships break off and both apparently
have nothing else to live for but their significant others. While having similar love interests,
Dorian Gray and Hamlet differ drastically in the presence of a conscience. Hamlet uses his follies
to direct him upward into realization and remorse while Gray is steadfast in his arrogance and
slams into his own problems when meeting his untimely death. Concluding, Dorian Gray and
Hamlet are alike in their poor taste in women and the fact that they are both murderers but
unalike in the fact that Hamlet has a conscience and Dorian Gray does not.
Plus, Hamlet seems way hotter than Dorian Gray. I mean, seriously, Dorian Just sounds like a woman with a stronger jawline. Hamlet can sword fight and kill people and he sounds hairy. Ergo babe.
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