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[englishstudent9]

4 points relating/comparing As I Lay Dying to Hamlet
4 points to show how Darl Bundren and Hamlet are similar



thanks in advance :)

anyone? any help at all will be greatly appreciated

[LitNetIsGreat]

1 Read Hamlet
2 Read As I Lay Dying
3 Think of four points of comparison between them (as in plot/structure etc)
4 Think of four points to compare Darl Bundren and Hamlet (as in character trait)

Give reasons for your answers...

[englishstudent9]

anyone else?

[Pecksie]

Do your own homework! :)

[MarkBastable]

On the question about comparisons between the characters, I think there are a few clear parallels to be drawn...

1. Their shared tendency towards introspection. That one's pretty much a given.
2. Each expresses an interest in the spirit world. Darl, for obvious reasons, is preoccupied with the realm of the dead, and Hamlet often displays an almost obsessive fixation with ghosts and "the sorry shades of those gone from this worldly chaos".
3. Problems with loyalty show up a lot in both cases. Neither entirely trusts protestations of friendship and both ultimately give up on any hope of sustaining faith in others.
4. And, of course, many scholars suggest that they are both albinos. That's made plain in the kitchen scene when Darl is referred to as 'white of face, white of hair and red of eye'. And the servant girl says of Hamlet, "How thou art fair, my lord. So fair, as 'twere parchment lifted to the sonne in splendour, and the fingers seen in shadow thro it."

As to the plot and structure, I'm afraid I'm a bit short of time to comment - but I hope that helps.

[englishstudent9]

thank you sir^

[prendrelemick]

On the question about comparisons between the characters, I think there are a few clear parallels to be drawn...

1. Their shared tendency towards introspection. That one's pretty much a given.
2. Each expresses an interest in the spirit world. Darl, for obvious reasons, is preoccupied with the realm of the dead, and Hamlet often displays an almost obsessive fixation with ghosts and "the sorry shades of those gone from this worldly chaos".
3. Problems with loyalty show up a lot in both cases. Neither entirely trusts protestations of friendship and both ultimately give up on any hope of sustaining faith in others.
4. And, of course, many scholars suggest that they are both albinos. That's made plain in the kitchen scene when Darl is referred to as 'white of face, white of hair and red of eye'. And the servant girl says of Hamlet, "How thou art fair, my lord. So fair, as 'twere parchment lifted to the sonne in splendour, and the fingers seen in shadow thro it."

As to the plot and structure, I'm afraid I'm a bit short of time to comment - but I hope that helps.


:lol: one may smile and smile and be a villain.

[wessexgirl]

On the question about comparisons between the characters, I think there are a few clear parallels to be drawn...

1. Their shared tendency towards introspection. That one's pretty much a given.
2. Each expresses an interest in the spirit world. Darl, for obvious reasons, is preoccupied with the realm of the dead, and Hamlet often displays an almost obsessive fixation with ghosts and "the sorry shades of those gone from this worldly chaos".
3. Problems with loyalty show up a lot in both cases. Neither entirely trusts protestations of friendship and both ultimately give up on any hope of sustaining faith in others.
4. And, of course, many scholars suggest that they are both albinos. That's made plain in the kitchen scene when Darl is referred to as 'white of face, white of hair and red of eye'. And the servant girl says of Hamlet, "How thou art fair, my lord. So fair, as 'twere parchment lifted to the sonne in splendour, and the fingers seen in shadow thro it."

As to the plot and structure, I'm afraid I'm a bit short of time to comment - but I hope that helps.

Ooh you are awful, but I like you :lol:.

[englishstudent9]

anyone else?

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[LitNetIsGreat]

Oh, don't you give up?

What's the problem brother, have you read the texts in question?

[englishstudent9]

yes i have

[JBI]

If I give you my answer, will you footnote it or plagiarize it?

[englishstudent9]

footnote it

[JBI]

How can I be so sure - when I was in high school, in Ontario, in Canada, I never was required to seek secondary sources for writing assignments on novels. Could it be that you mean to steal my work?

[englishstudent9]

I'm in ontario and we need secondary sources.

can you please help me. :)

[englishstudent9]

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[englishstudent9]

How can I be so sure - when I was in high school, in Ontario, in Canada, I never was required to seek secondary sources for writing assignments on novels. Could it be that you mean to steal my work?

halp.