Similarities Between Hamlet And Don Quixote

In both Hamlet and Don Quixote we find many characters that fashion themselves in different ways in order to gain something from the situations they are put into. These characters include Rosencrantz and Guildenstern found in Hamlet and Sancho Panza and the Priest in Don Quixote. In Hamlet two characters tend to stand out as people who have become accustomed to self fashioning. These two characters are Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. When these two men are introduced in the story, they both have just arrived at the castle to meet with King Claudius and Queen Gertrude. King Claudius and Queen Gertrude know these men are good friends with Hamlet, and know they can be used to diagnose the problem afflicting Hamlet. When you first meet these two men you realize they are not coming for wealth or riches. They are coming to serve orders of their King and Queen and to visit their good friend. Soon though you can see these men’s personalities shift. They begin to fashion themselves in

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern move from friends to guys looking for money, while Sancho Panza goes from a man looking for nothing but money to a friend, and Sancho views himself a very close friend at that. All the men refashion themselves for some for of gain. When we think of gain, we tend to think materially. In the case of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern it was for material gain that they changed who they were. However Sancho Panza refashioned himself so that he gained friendship. In the end of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern because they refashioned themselves into people who wanted a material gain, they lost their lives. Sancho however because of his refashioning he gains a great friend and wealth that he never expected. Then there is the Priest. His gain in the story was purely in himself. He learned about life and himself. He was the character that really found personal gain that might not be fully