Hunger Games & Hamlet
The Hunger Games & Hamlet
There are 2 main themes within Hamlet & the Hunger Games. These being the idea that they are both being watched and therefore having to be insecure about themselves and what they say. The other is the theme of fatherhood and loss. Shakespeare’s feelings are very much portrayed throughout the whole of Hamlet, he gives the impression he is slightly bi-polar as his mood contrast so much. His feelings reflect on Hamlets behaviour. This led to Hamlet being one of the greatest dramatic characters ever created, he switches from reckless to cautious, courteous yet uncivil and loving yet violent and malicious. Hamlet is full of faults which reflect on his feelings, he puts himself down and rejects himself, and he rejects his head telling him what to do and instead goes with his heart. Because Hamlet is so innocent his heart does not want to kill any human being, yet he knows he has to, to respect his father. This is probably the cause of Hamlets madness, the feeling of having so many options yet so many different reasons and feelings.
We can compare this to Katniss and everyone else living under the rule of the Capitol. Collins uses Katniss as an example of the way they are threatened to keep their thoughts to themselves. As a young girl, exploring the world as most people do she was forced to suppress her thought for the fear of the consequences that would lead beyond that. As Katniss grew up she began to realise for herself what it would mean if she did blurt out any feelings, knowing the consequences would be fatal she decided to keep them all to her herself aside from the fact she had so many feelings to share.
‘So I learned to hold my tongue and to turn my features into an indifferent mask so that no-one could ever read my thoughts’
In this quote, Katniss shows she has had to hide any feelings at all, part of the reason is that she is protecting Prim. Her
There are 2 main themes within Hamlet & the Hunger Games. These being the idea that they are both being watched and therefore having to be insecure about themselves and what they say. The other is the theme of fatherhood and loss. Shakespeare’s feelings are very much portrayed throughout the whole of Hamlet, he gives the impression he is slightly bi-polar as his mood contrast so much. His feelings reflect on Hamlets behaviour. This led to Hamlet being one of the greatest dramatic characters ever created, he switches from reckless to cautious, courteous yet uncivil and loving yet violent and malicious. Hamlet is full of faults which reflect on his feelings, he puts himself down and rejects himself, and he rejects his head telling him what to do and instead goes with his heart. Because Hamlet is so innocent his heart does not want to kill any human being, yet he knows he has to, to respect his father. This is probably the cause of Hamlets madness, the feeling of having so many options yet so many different reasons and feelings.
We can compare this to Katniss and everyone else living under the rule of the Capitol. Collins uses Katniss as an example of the way they are threatened to keep their thoughts to themselves. As a young girl, exploring the world as most people do she was forced to suppress her thought for the fear of the consequences that would lead beyond that. As Katniss grew up she began to realise for herself what it would mean if she did blurt out any feelings, knowing the consequences would be fatal she decided to keep them all to her herself aside from the fact she had so many feelings to share.
‘So I learned to hold my tongue and to turn my features into an indifferent mask so that no-one could ever read my thoughts’
In this quote, Katniss shows she has had to hide any feelings at all, part of the reason is that she is protecting Prim. Her