Oedipus vs. Hamlet

Compare and Contrast Hamlet and Oedipus as tragic heores, bearing in mind their adhering or not adhering to aristotelian unities. Address character, plot, thought, spectacle, diction and song. HOw might each be considered a quintessential tradedy?

In the play Hamlet: Prince of Denmark, a young prince is in search of the truth behind his father¡¦s murder. At first, Hamlet sees the ghost of his deceased father and it tells him he was murdered by the now current king, Hamlet¡¦s Uncle Claudius. Hamlet has to think about how he will get revenge for his fathers death, but because his only knowledge came from a ghost tha...