Comparing Hamlet by William Shakespeare and The Killings by Andre Dubus

Comparing crossroads by William Shakespeare and The Killings by Andre DubusLosing a loved one to tragedy, especially two most brutal and malicious tragedies as these, leave alone torture the minds of either and all men. Terrifying mentations, even carefully planned acts of revenge will plow themselves into your brain. It is how we react to these situations that can and will forever define that man, his vitality, and his actions. In these two stories, Hamlets father and Matt Fowlers give-and- take in are murdered with greedy motives of romance, ambition, betrayal and rage. Revenge captures the hearts of both characters, but in divergent forms. Hamlet sees his fathers pinch 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 extinct 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 knowledge hands and with the help of a friend, plans and executes the murder of Richard Strout.With the killer of his son bar-hopping almost 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 defeated in his professional life, losing his expression as a hard-working bank manager, unable to look his customers in the eye without shying away in fear and grief. Finally 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, wondering if he did the right thing, and if the pricetag for it was going to be hellhole or prison.Neither Hamlet nor Fowler forgive the men who wronged them, and their lives, consumed with the idea of injustice, were undone along with almost everyone else?s. For Fowler, the answer was easy Kill and don?t support caught. He thought only of the best way to get away with it, forgetting his morals 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 everywhere and over about how to appropriatly handle his revenge, and opportunity presented itself, as it always does, with time. Regretfully, he was mortally wounded.