Similarities Between Hamlet And The Book Thief

Great minds think alike, but fools seldom differ. Yes, that is the unknown truth. Are you wise or are you foolish? The thing is, you never know until it’s too late. In Hamlet, a very popular play written by William Shakespeare, the main character, Hamlet, loses his father. His father had been murdered by his uncle so that he could have the throne to himself and rule over his brother’s land. Throughout the play, Hamlet tries to avenge his father, resulting in the death of his uncle, mother, lover, lover’s father, and lover’s brother, as well as Hamlet, himself. In The Book Thief, the plot of this historic fiction novel is different. It takes place in a fictional town in Germany during World War II. It is about a thief. A book thief to be exact.

After a series of unfortunate deaths in the main character’s, Liesel, life, everything was taken away in the span of half an hour by an “accidental” bombing. When comparing and contrasting the two novels Hamlet and The Book Thief, there is one literary device used in both novels quite often. Although this literary device appears to be used in both novels, it is used differently in each novel. This literary device is conflict. There are also other literary devices used in both novels. Symbolism is used a lot in The Book Thief and character development is used frequently in Hamlet. There are also similarities between the two novels. The most important one is the theme they share, those who are loved by most make the gravest of mistakes. However, like every novel, each one has its own theme.After all, a novel without a theme would be boring. The theme in Hamlet is revenge only destroys what you are trying to save and protect. In The Book Thief, the theme is words are weapons that need to be used