Comparing Hamlet And Richard's Claudius

The older he got, the more he knew, and the more afraid he became. The Jim crow South was Richard’s Claudius. Similar to Richard, Hamlet was facing the horrors of the actions and consequences that Claudius had committed. Although he was afraid of it, Richard still tried to confront the south just as Hamlet tried to confront Claudius and escape from him by killing him.Richard was trying to complete the uneasy task of escaping the horrors of the prejudice south. Numerous obstacles proved the task difficult, such as an unsupportive family at home.Richard leaves his ”ordinary world” the moment he burns Granny’s house down. As his naughty four year old is curiously finding things to do while he’s bored, he chooses the worst out of everything. “Now

At the age of six, Richard began going to a saloon where the older men gave him drinks as a form of entertainment for them.” She beat me; then she prayed and wept over me, imploring me to be good,telling me that she had to work…” (Wright 22).Richard is completely ignoring his mother and doesn’t understand his reasoning but soon realizes that she was only watching out for him.As Richard constantly hears negative comments from his family members when they comment on his actions, he gets to hear at least one good thing from his mother. When Richard writes his first story,and publicizes it, he is constantly hearing pure criticism. Though Ella is not complementing or encouraging him at all, she does not put him down for his work. Instead she simply says,” Son you ought to be more serious, you’re growing up now and you won’t be able to get jobs if you let people think that you’re weak minded” (Wright 168).Having one person who is not giving him trouble is relieving for Richard because it is making him feel a little understood in a place where he feels as if no one understands him.Having his mother be the only person who truly cares for him, Richard starts to understand that and appreciate it. “Night and day I