Hamlet Indecisiveness

Hamlet/Prufrock Analysis The poem “The Lovesong of J. Alfred Prufrock” by T. S. Eliot and the play Hamlet by William Shakespeare both clearly ask a simple question of “to be or not to be?” Indecisiveness comes from many things, whether it is from the future you have ahead or just your own worthiness. In Hamlet, Prince Hamlet constantly goes back and forth on what he should or should not do what he is told to do by his father. Just like in “Lovesong” where the speaker is reluctant in asking a women a question from his self doubt. Both protagonists have the idea of asking philosophical questions about their decisions, the miscommunications with loved ones, and being the outcast from their own actions. In the works, both men are having hard

Many times when we have issues we try to talk them out with others, but sometimes that does not work when people refuse to see what you see. So instead you keep it all bottled in, only to cause more problems because others began to notice the difference of that person. Prufrock has people asking “[h]ow his hair is growing thin ... [h]ow his arms and legs are thin”, people on the outside began to notice how he is beginning to waste away. Just as the people are worried about Prufrock, Prince Hamlet’s family is concerned that his actions come from being “mad for thy love” of Ophelia. Maybe both gentlemen can be resolve and release the anguish that has been kept inside of them by actually taking action and not just them rambling on about their problems. The only thing is that you can not fix what others are not willing to see, you cover your eyes until “human voices wake us, and we drown”. Both characters succumb to fixing issues when it is too late and it is not until the end that they realize that things could have been different and accept that fact that no matter what could have changed this was going to be the answer. Prince Hamlet’s fate was destined to kill his father’s brother, which caused the death of everyone else. While in the poem, the man’s fate comes from being brought back into reality to