Value Of Literature In Hamlet

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To continue with, literature can have more than one single purpose. After reading the varied pieces of literature, I have been able to read about how different people value and see the purpose of literature in another way than I do. In William Shakespeare’s Hamlet, Hamlet decides to put on a play for guests at the castle however, he plans to use the play to see how his stepfather, the King, will react because the play parallels the way the King killed Hamlet’s father. “We’ll hear a play tomorrow. [To First Player] Dost thou hear me, old friend? Can you play The Murder of Gonzago?” (II:ii:521-523). EVen though Hamlet puts on the play to to see the King’s reaction, a wealth of other people show up to watch the play as well. These people attend the play to be entertained. Since a play is written with the intentions …show more content…

As I was reading this novel, I had the opportunity to learn about the author’s views on literature through the main character, Montag, and supporting characters. “‘I thought about books. And for the first time I realized that a man was behind each one of the books. A man had to think them up. A man had to take a long time to put them down on paper’” (Bradbury 49). Bradbury bestows his thoughts on the importance of literature in sentences throughout the novel that I picked up on. He talks about how each author sat down and created all of the books, took the time to constructed an entire novel. He also mentions that literature helps connect people and teaches people things they would never have the opportunity to learn or experience for themselves. In addition, Bradbury reveals that books represent life and the imperfections that come along with it "So now do you see why books are hated and feared? They show the pores in the face of life. The comfortable people want only wax moon faces, poreless, hairless, expressionless." (Bradbury

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